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Meanings of lessening in English
Synonyms
Examples for "decline"
Examples for "decline"
1
That number will decline further, as health insurance costs continue to rise.
2
Mr Eichel said he saw no problem with the euro's recent decline.
3
The result, of course, was to increase the rate of sales decline.
4
This species is in serious decline both in Britain and mainland Europe.
5
Even after its recent decline, the market remains far above these levels.
1
The companies have been forced to take number of cost reduction measures.
2
One may well ask the question: why such a reduction in numbers?
3
The government is moving to set child poverty reduction targets into law.
4
However, the optimal strategy and target level for lipid reduction remain uncertain.
5
Main outcome measures: Leiomyoma and uterine size reduction, time to maximal reduction.
1
The average discount across capital cities was 6 per cent last year.
2
However, analysts predict that the markets will quickly discount the election results.
3
The discount rate corresponds to the return victims should expect from investments.
4
The discount would apply for homes built after 1 July this year.
5
Institutional shareholders said they were keen to subscribe, given the large discount.
1
A diminution in difficulty is often offset by long gaps between protection.
2
You are sure of a diminution in the power of the clergy.
3
There was a modest diminution in cortisone across the 5 time points.
4
The positive diminution in the supply of liquid has been too great.
5
He counted the minutes he lost in awaiting the diminution of floods.
1
An hour or more passed; the storm showed no signs of abatement.
2
The day passed by and there was no abatement of the gale.
3
There is then an abatement in the symptoms, and recovery is rapid.
4
Still, there was no abatement in the storm, but it blew harder.
5
All through the day the storm continued, and night brought no abatement.
Usage of lessening in English
1
Body snatching remained a problem, though a lessening one, throughout the century.
2
We must add the lessening of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
3
The height between the vessel and the water was lessening-thatwas all.
4
The creative necessity was steadily lessening as the work became more familiar.
5
Without lessening their vigilance the boys paddled on against the increasing current.
6
There had been a distinct lessening of efficiency in his law-school work.
7
The boat, urged on by the oars, was still lessening the distance.
8
Followed the beat of lessening footfalls, while the nightingale improvised an envoi.
9
Followed the beat of lessening footsteps, while the nightingale improvised his envoi.
10
But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance.
11
Each succeeding evening Everett watched the two potential murderers with lessening interest.
12
Rather than lessening the impact, it reconfirmed for me the movie's genius.
13
It now kept growing and growing, instead of lessening on my sight.
14
Spring was lessening the suffering, yet sickness from long exposures still prevailed.
15
Besides lessening the danger from fire, brush burning has certain minor advantages.
16
As the Epicureans counseled, they increase their happiness by lessening their desires.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Translations for lessening
Portuguese
Catalan
Lessening through the time
Lessening across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common