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UK [rɪˈdjuːs] / US [rɪˈdus] verb [transitive]
Word forms "reduce":
present tense I/you/we/they reduce he/she/it reduces present participle reducing past tense reduced past participle reduced
1) to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance etc

Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.

reduce something by something:

The workforce will be reduced by around 30 per cent.

reduce something from something to something:

It has reduced its size from about 135,000 employees to 75,000.

Her lawyers got the charge reduced from murder to manslaughter.

reduce something to the minimum:

Risks must be reduced to the absolute minimum.

reduce something in size/number etc:

Their army will be drastically reduced in size and influence.

greatly/significantly reduce something:

The new systems should significantly reduce the amount of paper we use.


Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with reduce
▪  considerably, dramatically, drastically, gradually, greatly, sharply, significantly, substantially
2) to lower the price of something
reduce something to something:

All children's shoes are now reduced to £10 a pair.

3) to make a sauce thicker and increase its flavour by boiling it
Phrasal verbs:

English dictionary. 2014.

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