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Meanings of reduce in English
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
Synonyms
Examples for "contract"
Examples for "contract"
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City Water said key information had been left out of its contract.
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People reports the Mo' Money actress' contract was not renewed this year.
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The Company operates in two segments: contract research services and research products.
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He said: This contract was posted several days ago by Jordan Goudreau.
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Coolwagon will create 10 new jobs as a result of the contract.
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RARE-sequences help to shorten investigation time, particularly in cases involving the skeleton.
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A higher spiking concentration made it possible to shorten the detection time.
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Unusually dry winters and higher water consumption could shorten this deadline considerably.
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Hospitals are encouraged to take every effort to shorten delay of treatment.
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I see something is doing in England to shorten the apprenticeship system.
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Those notices necessarily abridge the relation of this section of the chapter.
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I don't think the worse of you for wishing to abridge it.
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M. Piotrowski gives an account of it, from which I abridge the following:
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You abridge me of my rights, in denying me a change of name.
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Her father at length found it necessary to abridge the interview.
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He could fit things on drawer labels that I had to abbreviate.
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Even better, use shorthand properties to abbreviate this rule even further, like this:
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The original runs through twenty-six verses, but I abbreviate and give the substance:-
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Nor does this inclination to abbreviate stop at the door of the laboratory.
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We must greatly abbreviate the formidable list of churches furnished us by travellers.
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The mountains dwarf mankind and foreshorten the procession of its long generations.
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Last year there were rumours that his knees were in such a chronic state that they would foreshorten his career.
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You foreshorten as though you never used the model, and you've caught Kami's pasty way of dealing with flesh in shadow.
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I have often used inexact or foreshortened quotations, adapting them as necessary.
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Its top was not foreshortened, nor its farther side and base invisible.
Usage of reduce in English
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Stabilizing the Middle East, of course, would reduce the pressure on Europe.
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I believe this will reduce crime and allay public concern for safety.
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Current strategies to reduce this problem include early detection and appropriate treatment.
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Take the recent historic EU climate change deal to reduce CO2 emissions.
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The global crisis could also reduce the amount of outside funding available.
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This could therefore be a means to reduce the public sector deficit.
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Newspapers must introduce new work practices and substantially reduce costs, it says.
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Future research needs to understand why and develop interventions to reduce LVC.
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Do you think the proposed new speed limits will help reduce accidents?
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He said the United States will continue efforts to reduce its emissions.
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She promised to ensure good governance, improve the economy and reduce poverty.
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It also said it has made good progress to reduce its costs.
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Low interest rates reduce investor borrowing costs, including for the oil trade.
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Lower oil prices could also reduce future cash flow to finance investment.
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Proponents say the plan is essential if NATO is to reduce violence.
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Getting local fishermen involved could also help to reduce poaching, he said.
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Portuguese
Catalan
Reduce through the time
Reduce across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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