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decreasing

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de·crease  (d-krs)
intr. & tr.v. de·creased, de·creas·ing, de·creas·es
To grow or cause to grow gradually less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
n. (dkrs)
1. The act or process of decreasing.
2. The amount by which something decreases.

[Middle English decresen, from Old French decreistre, decreiss-, from Latin dcrscere : d-, de- + crscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

de·creasing·ly adv.
Synonyms: decrease, lessen, reduce, dwindle, abate, diminish, subside
These verbs mean to become or cause to become smaller or less. Decrease and lessen refer to steady or gradual diminution: Lack of success decreases confidence. His appetite lessens as his illness progresses.
Reduce emphasizes bringing down in size, degree, or intensity: The workers reduced their wage demands.
Dwindle suggests decreasing bit by bit to a vanishing point: Their savings dwindled away.
Abate stresses a decrease in amount or intensity and suggests a reduction of excess: Toward evening the fire began to abate.
Diminish implies taking away or removal: The warden's authority diminished after the revolt.
Subside implies a falling away to a more normal level: The wild enthusiasm aroused by the team's victory did not subside for days.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.decreasing - becoming less or smaller
increasing - becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices"
2.decreasing - music
increasing - music
Translations
decreasing [diːˈkriːsɪŋ] ADJdecreciente
decreasing [diːˈkriːsɪŋ] adj [number, rate, demand] → en voie de diminution
decreasing [diːˈkriːsɪŋ] adjin diminuzione
decreasing [diːˈkriːsɪŋ] adjin diminuzione


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-- If the shot should preserve continuously its initial velocity of 12,000 yards per second, it would require little more than nine hours to reach its destination; but, inasmuch as that initial velocity will be continually decreasing, it will occupy 300,000 seconds, that is 83hrs.
His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support.
Having exhausted the resources of Riverboro and its immediate vicinity, the unfortunate couple had moved on and on in a steadily decreasing scale of prosperity until they had reached Temperance, where they had settled down and invited fate to do its worst, an invitation which was promptly accepted.
 
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