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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb dih-krees; noun dee-krees, dih-krees
Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈkris; noun ˈdi kris, dɪˈkris



Definition of decreased

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French decreiss-, present participle stem of decreistre, Old French descroistre (12c., Modern French décroître), from Latin decrescere "to grow less, diminish," from de- "away from" (see de-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Related: Decreased; decreasing.
  • verb grow less or make less
Example sentences :
  • If the temperature is decreased to 67°F, the specific gravity will be 1.251.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • By bending this stop the air-gap between the points may be decreased.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Slowly it decreased in size, until it had vanished from sight.
  • Extract from : « The Pygmy Planet » by John Stewart Williamson
  • The above quantity of sugar may be increased or decreased according to taste.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • But the voltage may also be increased, as well as decreased.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • In some parts of the State the demand was decreased, in others it was increased.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • And when we saw the house itself the pleasant impression was not decreased.
  • Extract from : « Grandmother Dear » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • On the effects of the increased and decreased Use of the Limbs.
  • Extract from : « The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. » by Charles Darwin
  • If the distance be trebled, then the intensity will be decreased 1/9.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
  • The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
  • Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton

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