decrease
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: de‧crease
- verb
- noun
VerbEdit
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
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- If something decreases, it goes down in number or value.
- The Australian dollar has decreased 3% against the Euro.
- The government has decreased the amount of money it gives to schools.
AntonymsEdit
- increase (verb)
NounEdit
- A decrease happens when the number or value of something goes down.
- There has been a 3% decrease in the Australian dollar against the Euro.
- Every year we see a larger decrease in the number of students studying foreign languages.
AntonymsEdit
- increase (noun)