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
- "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
Synonyms for reducing
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