to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
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to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: to reduce the speed of a car.
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to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc.: a sergeant reduced to a corporal
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to treat analytically, as a complex idea.
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to lower in price.
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to bring to a certain state, condition, arrangement, etc.: to reduce glass to powder.
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to bring under control or authority.
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Cookery. to evaporate water from (a sauce, soup, or other liquid), usually by boiling.
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Photography. to lessen the density of (an exposed negative).
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to adjust or correct by making allowances, as an astronomical observation.
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Mathematics. to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.).
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Chemistry.
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to add electrons to.
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to deoxidize.
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to add hydrogen to.
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to change (a compound) so that the valence of the positive element is lower.
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Chemistry,Metallurgy. to bring into the metallic state by separating from nonmetallic constituents.
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to thin or dilute: to reduce paint with oil or turpentine.
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to lower the alcoholic concentration of (spirits) by diluting with water.
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Surgery. to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone.
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Phonetics. to modify the quality of (a speech sound) to one of lesser distinctiveness, esp. to pronounce (an unstressed vowel) as (ə) or another centralized vowel, as in the unstressed syllables of medicinal.
–verb (used without object)
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to become reduced.
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to become lessened, esp. in weight.
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to be turned into or made to equal something: All our difficulties reduce to financial problems.
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for
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various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
2.
one of a set of thin pieces of cardboard with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games; playing card.
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cards, (usually used with a singular verb)
a.
a game or games played with such a set.
b.
the playing of such a game: to win at cards.
c.
Casino. the winning of 27 cards or more.
d.
Whist. tricks won in excess of six.
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Also called greeting card.a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a message of holiday greeting, congratulations, or other sentiment, often with an illustration or decorations, for mailing to a person on an appropriate occasion.
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something useful in attaining an objective, as a course of action or position of strength, comparable to a high card held in a game: If negotiation fails, we still have another card to play.
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