See Also: Decrease(medicine)
decrease(1)(dictionary)
decrease(2)(dictionary)
decrease 1, verb(dictionary)
decrease 2, noun(dictionary)

decrease(2) (iou)



decrease verb intrans. & trans. LME.

(Cause to) grow less; lessen; diminish.
A. Sillitoe The bruise was still visible..though the swelling had decreased. J. G. Farrell Decreasing the chances of his proposal being accepted.
decreasingly adverb to a decreasing extent E19.