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verb

1. decrease in size, extent, or range (Freq. 5)
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
• Syn:
decrease, diminish, fall
• Ant:
increase (for: decrease)
• Derivationally related forms:
fall (for: fall), diminution (for: diminish), decrease (for: decrease)
• Hypernyms:
change magnitude
• Hyponyms:
break, shrink, shrivel, taper, drop off,
vanish, fly, vaporize, ease up, ease off, slacken off,
flag, weaken, boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate,
contract, shrivel up, wither, abate, let up, slack off,
slack, die away, deflate, dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down,
remit, de-escalate, depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue,
shorten, thin out, decline, go down, wane, decelerate,
slow, slow down, slow up, retard, decrescendo
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. make smaller (Freq. 2)
- He decreased his staff
• Syn:
decrease, minify
• Ant:
increase (for: decrease)
• Derivationally related forms:
decrease (for: decrease)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
suppress, mitigate, pare, pare down, limit,
circumscribe, confine, reduce, boil down, concentrate, shrink,
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract,
slake, abate, slack, turn down, lower, lour,
de-escalate, weaken, step down, minimize, minimise, cut down,
cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down, slacken,
slack up, relax, diminish, belittle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. wear off or die down (Freq. 1)
- The pain subsided
• Syn:
subside
• Derivationally related forms:
subsidence (for: subside)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  subside, decrease, minify, diminish, fall