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Antonyms for reducing

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-doos, -dyoos
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdus, -ˈdyus


Definition of reducing

Origin :
  • late 14c., "bring back," from Old French reducer (14c.), from Latin reducere "lead back, bring back," figuratively "restore, replace," from re- "back" (see re-) + ducere "bring, lead" (see duke (n.)). Meaning "bring to an inferior condition" is 1570s; that of "bring to a lower rank" is 1640s (military reduce to ranks is from 1802); that of "subdue by force of arms" is 1610s. Sense of "to lower, diminish, lessen" is from 1787. Related: Reduced; reducing.
  • noun lowering
Example sentences :
  • "While you're reducing the size of it you might also reduce the pain in it," said Dick.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • If we begin by reducing the Spaniards here, that possibility will be removed.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • After reducing the towns of Cephallenia, Iphicrates sailed to Corcyra.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • There was no reducing sail––not now, in this cold rage of weather.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • This is the theory, and we have been most successful in reducing it to practice.
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever
  • The charge of reducing the number of monasteries and churches he denied.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • The difficulty lies in the exact apportionment of the reducing solution.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Is made for the use of women, for reducing hip and abdominal measure.
  • Extract from : « No Animal Food » by Rupert H. Wheldon
  • There seemed to be a hammer beating on his brain, reducing it to a pulp.
  • Extract from : « The Tinted Venus » by F. Anstey
  • This brute took a positive pleasure, I believe, in reducing my self-esteem.
  • Extract from : « The Talking Horse » by F. Anstey

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