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• “The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester“
• “The cabin pressure fell dramatically“
• “her weight fell to under a hundred pounds“
• “his voice fell to a whisper“

Synonyms

• diminish decrease in size, extent, or range; lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
• lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; make smaller; wear off or die down
• fall the season when the leaves fall from the trees; a sudden drop from an upright position; the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; a downward slope or bend ; a lapse into sin; a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; a movement downward; the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); the time of day immediately following sunset; when a wrestler’s shoulders are forced to the mat ; a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; come under, be classified or included; fall from clouds; suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; die, as in battle or in a hunt; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; be captured; occur at a specified time or place; decrease in size, extent, or range; yield to temptation or sin; lose office or power; to be given by assignment or distribution; move in a specified direction; be due; lose one’s chastity; to be given by right or inheritance; come into the possession of; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; be inherited by; slope downward; lose an upright position suddenly; drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; fall or flow in a certain way; assume a disappointed or sad expression; be cast down; come out; be born, used chiefly of lambs; begin vigorously; go as if by falling; come as if by falling

• “He decreased his staff“

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• lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; make smaller; wear off or die down
• minify make smaller

• “there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided“
• “there was a sharp drop-off in sales“

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• lessening a change downward
• drop-off a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; a steep high face of rock; a change downward

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• decrement the amount by which something decreases ; a process of becoming smaller or shorter

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• decrement the amount by which something decreases ; a process of becoming smaller or shorter

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• diminution change toward something smaller or lower ; the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) ; the act of decreasing or reducing something
• reduction the act of decreasing or reducing something ; any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); the act of reducing complexity
• step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something