Definition: 1. Make smaller. 2. Decrease in size, extent, or range. 3. A change downward. 4. A process of becoming smaller or shorter. 5. The amount by which something decreases.
Use 'decrease' in a sentence:
1. If the egg is not fertilised oestrogen and progesterone decrease.
2. The economic problems have certainly been one reason for the decrease in champagne sales.
3. It will sharply decrease work efficiency.
4. Some economists believe that rigorous enforcement of existing equal pay laws would substantially decrease this wage inequity.
5. By using corn ethanol instead, the cost of gas will decrease because now the import taxes on fossil fuels are calculated into the price.
6. If you have enough RAM, set the value of this parameter as large as possible to decrease the indexing time dramatically.
7. Taking online reading into consideration, we can challenge the assumption that reading for pleasure continues to decrease.
8. Low prey population levels then provide inadequate food for the predators, causing the predator population to decrease.
9. The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year).
10. Even if emissions were to begin to decrease today, we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate change.
11. His interest in this subject gradually decreases.
12. Indeed, this period of economic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them—especially for young people.
13. The number of poor men is on the decrease as the economy is growing.
14. The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is hurting many industries.
15. There could be a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.
16. The local government has adopted effective measures to decrease unemployment.
17. Once they get there, their body temperatures decrease very, very quickly.
18. A combination of factors may be responsible for the decrease in car sales.
19. A decrease in face-to-face social contact can precipitate depression.
20. The number of young people obtaining qualifications has remained static or decreased.
21. There has been a decrease in traffic accidents.
22. Thus, although the winter sea-ice cover might decrease, the surface waters would remain cold enough so that the decrease would not be excessive.
23. Is it possible to decrease inflation without causing a recession and its concomitant increase line in unemployment?
24. They need a reliable method to decrease the divorce rate.
25. The destruction of coral through land use activities would cause a decrease in the number of predators that feed on Acanthaster larvae.
26. I read a study that showed how light can give milk a funny flavor and decrease its nutritional value.
27. The rate of accumulation decreases with time.
28. The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96.
29. We decreased the size of the group from 15 to 5.
30. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to nine billion before it begins to slow down and possibly decrease.
31. Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week.
32. It is quite possible that these fluctuations, the huge increase and decrease of sulfur dioxide, happening again and again.
33. The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows.
34. Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.
35. The biggest change has been the decrease in sales since the great boom years in 1980s when champagne production and sales reached record levels.
36. There has been a progressive decrease in population every year in this city.
37. Her temperature decreased.
38. Problems tend to decrease with it, but we cannot depend on the experience of some to have quality in the developed systems.
39. Second, once sleep is fully obtained, there is an increase of carbon dioxide and a decrease of oxygen in the blood that persists during NREM.
40. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
41. Blood pressure decreases with exercise.
42. Many scholars claim that spending time on electronic devices doesn't necessarily mean a decrease of time for other activities.
43. Specialisation and the effort to increase yields have resulted in the decrease of biodiversity.
