narrowing down

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• narrowing — narrow narrow 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] also narrow down to become less or to make something less in range, difference etc: • Growing competition for contracts will narrow profit margins. • The gap between the two companies is clearly… …   Financial and business terms

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• narrowing — n 1. attenuation, thinning, tapering, emaciation; constriction, contraction, compression, shrinkage, shrinking, reduction, curtailment; diminishing, diminishment, dwindling. 2. limitation, limiting, pinpointing, pinning down, qualifying, zeroing… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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• narrow down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms narrow down : present tense I/you/we/they narrow down he/she/it narrows down present participle narrowing down past tense narrowed down past participle narrowed down to reduce the number of possibilities or… …   English dictionary

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