English-Thai Dictionary

decrease

N การ ลดลง  การ ตกลง  การ น้อยลง  decline diminution fall-off lessening reduction expansion growth kan-lod-long

 

decrease

VI ลดลง  ตก  น้อยลง  สั้น ลง  บรรเทา  abate decline diminish drop ease lessen reduce subside increase lod-long

 

decrease

VT ทำให้ ลดลง  ทำให้ ปริมาณ น้อยลง  ทำให้ ต่ำ ลง  abate decline diminish drop ease lessen reduce subside increase tam-hai-lod-long

 

decrease from

PHRV ลดลง จาก (เวลา หรือ จำนวน  lod-long-jak

 

decrease in

PHRV ลดลง  ลด  lod-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECREASE

v.i.[L. To grow. ] To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, the days decrease in length from June to December. He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:3 .

 

DECREASE

v.t.To lessen; to make smaller in dimensions, amount, quality or excellence, etc. ; to diminish gradually or by small deductions; as, extravagance decreases the means of charity; every payment decreases a debt; intemperance decreases the strength and powers of life.

 

DECREASE

n. 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as a decrease of revenue; a decrease of strength.
2. The wane of the moon; the gradual diminution of the visible face of the moon from the full to the change.

 

DECREASED

pp. Lessened; diminished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECREASE

De *crease ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. & vb. n.Decreasing. ] Etym: [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. décroître, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Increase. ]

 

Defn: To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. , or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 3 .

 

Syn. -- To Decrease, Diminish. Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged. The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased. Drayton.Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. Pope.

 

DECREASE

DECREASE De *crease ", v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. That might decrease their present store. Prior.

 

DECREASE

De *crease ", n. Etym: [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.]

 

1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.

 

2. The wane of the moon. Bacon.

 

DECREASELESS

DECREASELESS De *crease "less, a.

 

Defn: Suffering no decrease. [R.] It [the river ] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decrease

de crease ▶verb |diˈkrēs dəˈkris |make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree: [ no obj ] : the population of the area has decreased radically | [ with obj ] : in some cases vitamin E has decreased cholesterol levels. ▶noun |ˈdēˌkrēs, diˈkrēs dəˈkris ˈdiˌkris |an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer: a decrease in births | the rate of decrease became greater. PHRASES on the decrease becoming less common or widespread; decreasing. DERIVATIVES de creas ing ly |diˈkrēsiNGlē |adverb [ as submodifier ] : voters have proved decreasingly willing to support the party ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun ), decreistre (verb ), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down ’ + crescere ‘grow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

decrease

de |crease ▶verb |dɪˈkriːs |make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree: [ no obj. ] : the population of the area has decreased radically | [ with obj. ] : the aisles were decreased in height. ▶noun |ˈdiːkriːs |an instance of becoming smaller or fewer: a decrease in births | [ mass noun ] : the rate of decrease became greater. PHRASES on the decrease becoming less common or widespread; decreasing. DERIVATIVES decreasingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : voters have proved decreasingly willing to support the party ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun ), decreistre (verb ), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down ’ + crescere ‘grow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

decrease

decrease verb 1 pollution levels decreased: lessen, reduce, drop, diminish, decline, dwindle, fall off; die down, abate, subside, tail off, ebb, wane; plummet, plunge. ANTONYMS increase. 2 decrease the amount of fat in your body: reduce, lessen, lower, cut (back /down ), curtail; slim down, tone down, deplete, minimize, slash. ANTONYMS increase. ▶noun a decrease in crime: reduction, drop, decline, downtrend, downturn, cut, falloff, cutback, diminution, ebb, wane. ANTONYMS increase.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

decrease

decrease verb |(stress on the second syllable ) | 1 pollution levels had been gradually decreasing: lessen, grow /become less, grow /become smaller, reduce, drop, diminish, decline, dwindle, contract, shrink, fall off, die down; abate, subside, let up, tail off, ebb, wane, taper off, peter out, lighten; sink, slump, plummet, plunge. ANTONYMS increase. 2 you could exercise to decrease the amount of fat in your body: reduce, lessen, make less /fewer, lower, cut down /back (on ), cut, curtail, contract, diminish, narrow, pare down, slim down, tone down, temper, weaken, deplete, minimize; informal slash. ▶noun |(stress on the first syllable ) |a decrease in crime: reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off; letting up, slackening, downturn, cut, cutback, curtailment, diminution, contraction, shrinkage, ebb, wane, de-escalation; dying down, abatement. ANTONYMS increase.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decrease

de crease /dìːkríːs, -́- / (! -seは /s /; 動詞 と 名詞 で強勢が異なるので注意 ) 〖de (下へ )crease (成長する )〗動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-t /; decreasing 自動詞 〈数 量などが 〉減少する ; 〈規模が 〉縮小する (↔increase )▸ My salary decreased from $3,000 to $2,500 .給料が3000ドルから2500ドルに減った ▸ The number of smokers has decreased (by ) 10 \%.喫煙者の数が10 \%減少した ▸ decrease in value 価値が下がる 他動詞 〈量 度合など 〉を減少させる ; 縮小させる .名詞 /díːkriːs, --́ /複 ～s /-ɪz /U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～/～s 〗 «…における /…の量の » 減少 , 縮小 «in /of » ; C 減少 [縮小 ]量 (↔increase )▸ a 7 \% [significant ] decrease in the death rate 死亡率の7 \%の [著しい ]減少 ▸ reasons for the decrease 減少の理由 ▸ a decrease of 10 \%10 \%の減少