REDUCE  減少

CHANGE something so as to CAUSE it to BECOME MORE FEW:fewer.
DIMINISHDECREASELESSENDECLINEREDUCESUBSIDEDIE DOWNABATEDWINDLEFADESLACKEN OFFMODERATELET UPEBBWANERECEDEDIE AWAY/OUTPETER OUTARCHAIC REMIT
Antonym
  • INCREASECAUSE TO BECOME MORE IN QUANTITY.
    • GROWLIVE so as to INCREASE in SIZE.
      Hypernym
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
          • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED.
            • EXISTBE-IN the UNIVERSE of SPACE AND TIME....
      See also
      • CUTDISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..

        2. Kuī 虧 (ant. yíng 盈 "cause to become more plentiful") refers to impairing a typically abstract or at least subtle thing.

        3. Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

        4. Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        減少

        減去

        縮減

        減縮

        壓縮

        削減

        減削

        裁減

        節減

        核減

        減

        刨

        抽

        裒

        消損

        打折扣

        first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

        Words

        損  sǔn OC: squunʔ MC: suo̝n 24 Attributions

        The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..

          Word relations
        • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
        • Ant: 益/INCREASE The most current and most general word for increase, both abstract and concrete is yì 益 (ant. sǔn 損 "decrease"). See MORE which overlaps considerably with this group.
        • Ant: 益/ADD
        • Assoc: 減/REDUCE Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

          Syntactic words
        • vi0there is less and less of something
        • vichangesuffer loss, be reduced, get reduced; develop by way of decreasing one's activities
        • vimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        • vt+prep+Ndiminish
        • vtoNdiminish, subtract from;
        • vtoNpsychefface (oneself), diminish (oneself)
        • vttoN1[.+N2]N1=recipientreduce the supply for N1DS
        虧  kuī OC: khʷral MC: khiɛ 17 Attributions

        Kuī 虧 (ant. yíng 盈 "cause to become more plentiful") refers to impairing typically abstract or at least subtle thing.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 成/ACHIEVE The current general word for successful action on one's own behalf or on someone else's behalf is chéng 成 (ant. bài 敗 "fail to achieve; botch up"). [GENERAL], [LARGE-SCALE]; [VERB]

          Syntactic words
        • nabactloss, impairment; reduction
        • vichangedecline; get weakened
        • vtoNcausativeMO: impair, cause to suffer damage or reduction
        • vtoNpassiveget impaired; get reduced
        減  jiǎn OC: kroomʔ MC: kɣɛm 8 Attributions

        Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 加/INCREASE Jiā 加 (ant. jiǎn 減 "decrease by taking away") typically focusses on the action of adding something which brings about the increase.
        • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
        • Assoc: 損/REDUCE The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..

          Syntactic words
        • nabprocesseconomy; reduction, decreasing, diminishing
        • viprocessdecrease (sometimes "in relation to")
        • vt+prep+Npassiveget reduced to, be diminished to
        • vtoNreduce, lessen
        • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: subtract
        • vtoNpassiveget reduced; get less
        貶  biǎn OC: promʔ MC: piɛm 3 Attributions

          Word relations
        • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
        • Synon: 少/REDUCE Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW

          Syntactic words
        • viprocessbecome less
        • vtoNreduce the amount or abstract extent of
        概  gài OC: kɯɯds MC: kəi 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNcut down to real size (by using the levelling stick metaphorically)
        消  xiāo OC: smew MC: siɛu 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vichangediminish, get less
        • vtoNreduce NDS
        縮  suō OC: sruɡ MC: ʂuk 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vito shrink; contract; shrivel (as skin in old people)
        黜  chù OC: khrlud MC: ʈhʷit 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNreduce
        加少  jiā shǎo OC: kraal hmljewʔ MC: kɣɛ ɕiɛu 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPichangeto decrease in amount, become more and more few.
        減少  jiǎn shǎo OC: kroomʔ hmljewʔ MC: kɣɛm ɕiɛu 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPichangeget less; be reduced
        滅損  miè sǔn OC: med squunʔ MC: miɛt suo̝n 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPt[oN]destroy or diminish one's faults/weaknesses/desires
        降殺  jiàng shā OC: kruums sreed MC: kɣɔŋ ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe reduced, get diminished, get less
        小  xiǎo OC: smewʔ MC: siɛu 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNreduce, diminish
        • vtoNdeclarativefigurative: belittleCH
        折閱  shé yuè MC: dzyet -- OC: ɡljed lodLZ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • nabeventsuffering lossesLZ
        • nabstatesuffering lossesLZ
        誳  qū MC: -- OC: --CH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vt+Npassive, permissive=詘 be reduced by the amount NCH
        少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 0 Attributions

        Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW

          Syntactic words
        折  zhé OC: kljed MC: tɕiɛt 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        泄  yì OC: leds MC: jiɛi 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNto reduce
        均減  jūn jiǎn OC: kʷlin kroomʔ MC: kʷin kɣɛm 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        減分  jiǎn fēn OC: kroomʔ pɯn MC: kɣɛm pi̯un 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        直減  zhí jiǎn OC: dɯɡ kroomʔ MC: ɖɨk kɣɛm 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        鮮薄  xiǎn báo OC: sqenʔ baaɡ MC: siɛn bɑk 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPichangeget less and less; be diminished; be exhausted
        以少減多  yǐ shǎo jiǎn duō OC: k-lɯʔ hmljewʔ kroomʔ k-laal MC: jɨ ɕiɛu kɣɛm tɑ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:

        Existing SW for

        Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: