decrease#1 (v)
lessen#2 (v)
minify (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make smaller
examples He decreased his staff
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym change, alter, modify
Derivationally related form decrease → decrease
Antonym decrease → increase
Hyponym suppress; mitigate; pare, pare down; limit, circumscribe, confine; reduce, boil down, concentrate; shrink, reduce; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce; slake, abate, slack; turn down, lower, lour; de-escalate, weaken, step down; minimize, minimise; reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down; cut; slack, slacken, slack up, relax; diminish, belittle
Incoming links
Derivationally related form decrease → decrease
Hyponym change, alter, modify
Antonym increase → decrease
Hypernym suppress; mitigate; pare, pare down; limit, circumscribe, confine; reduce, boil down, concentrate; shrink, reduce; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce; slake, abate, slack; turn down, lower, lour; de-escalate, weaken, step down; minimize, minimise; reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down; cut; slack, slacken, slack up, relax; diminish, belittle

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