# reduce

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** B1 (Intermediate)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /rɪˈdjuːs/
- **English:** to make something smaller in size, amount or price
- **Persian:** کم کردن

## Example

> We should reduce the amount of plastic we use.
> باید مقدار پلاستیکی که استفاده می‌کنیم را کم کنیم.

## Word forms

- noun: reduction

## Synonyms

decrease, cut

## Opposites

increase

## Common phrases

- reduce costs
- reduce waste
- reduce the risk

## Related words

- [decrease](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/decrease): to become smaller or to make something smaller (B1)
- [increase](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/increase): to become bigger or to make something bigger (B1)
- [appear](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/appear): to start to be seen; to seem (B1)
- [develop](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/develop): to grow or to make something grow or improve (B1)
- [improve](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/improve): to become better or to make something better (B1)
- [acquire](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/acquire): to get or gain something, especially a skill or object (B2)
- [adapt](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/adapt): to change so that you can deal with a new situation (B2)
- [consequence](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/consequence): a result of something that happened earlier (B2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/reduce