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Decrease(medicine)
decrease(1)(dictionary)
decrease(2)(dictionary)
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decrease 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: decreistre, from Latin decrescere, from crescere 'to grow']
to become less or go down to a lower level, or to make something do this
-see also reduce reduce
-opposite increase increase
::Average house prices decreased by 13% last year.
decrease to
::By 1881, the population of Ireland had decreased to 5.2 million.
decrease from
::The North's share of the world's energy consumption is expected to decrease from 70% to 60%.
decrease in
::Attacks of asthma decrease in frequency through early adult life.
::The government wants to decrease population growth.