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1 reduce
reduce, US [transcription][-"du ;s"]A vtr1 ( make smaller) réduire [inflation, number, pressure, impact] (by de) ; baisser [prices, temperature] ; Med résorber [swelling] ; faire baisser [fever] ; the jackets have been reduced by 50% Comm le prix des vestes a été réduit de 50% ; ‘reduce speed now’ Aut ‘ralentir’ ;4 ( alter the state of) to reduce sth to shreds (book, document etc) réduire qch en pièces ; to reduce sth to ashes réduire qch en cendres ;5 ( bring forcibly) to reduce sb to tears faire pleurer qn ; to be reduced to silence être réduit au silence ; to be reduced to begging/prostitution en être réduit à la mendicité/prostitution ; he was reduced to apologizing il en a été réduit à s'excuser ;7 Jur réduire [sentence] (to à ; by de) ;8 Culin faire réduire [sauce, stock].B vi1 US ( lose weight) maigrir (en suivant un régime) ;2 Culin [sauce, stock] réduire ; let the sauce reduce to half its volume faites réduire la sauce de moitié.2 [scale, rate] réduit ; -
2 reduce
reduce [rɪ'dju:s](a) (risk, scale, time, workload) réduire, diminuer; (temperature) abaisser; (speed) réduire, ralentir; (in length) réduire, raccourcir; (in size) réduire, rapetisser, diminuer; (in weight) réduire, alléger; (in height) réduire, abaisser; (in thickness) réduire, amenuiser; (in strength) réduire, affaiblir;∎ the record has been reduced by two seconds le record a été amélioré de deux secondes;∎ I'm trying to reduce my sugar consumption by half j'essaie de réduire ma consommation de sucre de moitié;∎ you must reduce the power il faut réduire la puissance;∎ to reduce output ralentir la production;∎ to reduce speed (driver) diminuer ou réduire la vitesse, ralentir(b) Commerce & Finance (price) baisser, réduire; (rate, expenses, cost, investment) réduire; (tax) alléger, réduire; (goods) solder, réduire le prix de; (output) ralentir;∎ the shirt was reduced to £15 la chemise était soldée à 15 livres∎ to reduce sth to ashes/to a pulp réduire qch en cendres/en bouillie;∎ to reduce sb to silence/to poverty/to submission réduire qn au silence/à la pauvreté/à l'obéissance;∎ his words reduced her to tears ses paroles l'ont fait fondre en larmes;∎ we were reduced to helpless laughter nous riions sans pouvoir nous arrêter;∎ she was reduced to buying her own pencils elle en était réduite à acheter ses crayons elle-même∎ to reduce fractions to a common denominator réduire des fractions à un dénominateur commun∎ to reduce sth to writing consigner qch par écrit -
3 lapse
[læps] 1. verb1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) expirer2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) (re)tomber dans2. noun1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) faute, défaillance2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) intervalle
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