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re·duce
(rĭ-do͞os′, -dyo͞os′)v. re·duced, re·duc·ing, re·duc·es
v.tr.
1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease.
2. To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially:
a. To gain control of; subject or conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism" (Declaration of Independence).
b. To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.
c. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness: disease that reduced the patient to emaciation; teasing that reduced the child to tears.
d. To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.
e. To lower in rank or grade; demote.
3. To thicken or intensify the flavor of (a sauce, for example) by slow boiling.
4. To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats.
5. To decrease the viscosity of (paint, for example), as by adding a solvent.
6. To put in a simpler or more systematic form; simplify or codify: reduced her ideas to a collection of maxims.
7. To turn into powder; pulverize.
8. Chemistry
a. To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
b. To remove oxygen from (a compound).
c. To add hydrogen to (a compound).
d. To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.
9. Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.
10. Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.
11. Linguistics To pronounce (a stressed vowel) as the unstressed version of that vowel or as schwa.
v.intr.
1. To become diminished.
2. To lose weight, as by dieting.
3. Biology To undergo meiosis.
[Middle English reducen, to bring back, from Old French reducier, from Latin redūcere : re-, re- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
re·duc′er n.
re·duc′i·bil′i·ty n.
re·duc′i·ble adj.
re·duc′i·bly adv.
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reduced
(rɪˈdjuːst)adj
(of a commodity) brought down in price
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| Adj. | 1. | reduced - made less in size or amount or degree |
| 2. | reduced - well below normal (especially in price) low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low" |
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Translations
gereduceerd
reduced
[rɪˈdjuːst] ADJ1. (= lower) [numbers, cost, expenditure] → reducido; [price] → reducido, rebajado
at a reduced rate → con una tarifa reducida or rebajada, con rebaja or descuento
non-smokers have a reduced risk of heart disease → los no fumadores tienen menos riesgo de contraer enfermedades cardíacas
I had to get used to living on a reduced income → me tuve que acostumbrar a vivir con pocos ingresos
"reduced to clear" → rebajas por liquidación
at a reduced rate → con una tarifa reducida or rebajada, con rebaja or descuento
non-smokers have a reduced risk of heart disease → los no fumadores tienen menos riesgo de contraer enfermedades cardíacas
I had to get used to living on a reduced income → me tuve que acostumbrar a vivir con pocos ingresos
"reduced to clear" → rebajas por liquidación
2. (= smaller) [size] → reducido
French troops will have a reduced role in the area → las tropas francesas desempeñarán un papel poco importante en la zona
on a reduced scale → a escala reducida
French troops will have a reduced role in the area → las tropas francesas desempeñarán un papel poco importante en la zona
on a reduced scale → a escala reducida
3. (= straitened) to be living in reduced circumstances (frm, hum) → pasar necesidades or estrecheces
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
reduced
[rɪˈdjuːst] adj (= on sale) → réduit(e)"greatly reduced prices" → "gros rabais"
at a reduced price [goods] → au rabais; [ticket] → à prix réduit
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
reduced
adj price, fare → ermäßigt, reduziert; prices also, goods → herabgesetzt, heruntergesetzt; scale, version → kleiner; risk, demand, threat, role → geringer; circumstances → beschränkt; the judge gave him a reduced sentence of five years → der Richter verurteilte ihn zu einer verkürzten Haftstrafe von fünf Jahren; at a reduced price → zu einem ermäßigten or reduzierten Preis; “reduced” (on ticket) → „ermäßigt“; in reduced circumstances → in beschränkten (Lebens)umständen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
reduced
[rɪˈdjuːst] adj (decreased) → ridotto/aat a reduced price → a prezzo ribassato or ridotto
"greatly reduced prices" → "grandi ribassi"
in reduced circumstances → nelle ristrettezze
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995