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1 reduce
[rɪ'djuːs] [AE -'duːs] 1.1) (make smaller) ridurre [inflation, pressure, impact] (by di); abbassare, ridurre [prices, temperature, number]; med. ridurre, fare riassorbire [ swelling]; fare abbassare [ fever]the jackets have been reduced by 50% — comm. il prezzo delle giacche è stato ridotto del 50%
"reduce speed now" — aut. "rallentare"
2) (in scale) ridurre [ map]; (condense) ridurre, adattare [ article]3) mil. degradareto reduce sth. to shreds, to ashes — ridurre qcs. a pezzi, in cenere
to reduce sb. to tears — fare piangere qcn.
5) (simplify) ridurre [argument, existence]6) dir. ridurre [ sentence] (by di)7) gastr. ridurre [sauce, stock]2.1) AE (lose weight) calare (di peso)2) gastr. [ sauce] ridursi* * *[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) ridurre2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) dimagrire3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) ridurre•- reduction* * *[rɪ'djuːs] [AE -'duːs] 1.1) (make smaller) ridurre [inflation, pressure, impact] (by di); abbassare, ridurre [prices, temperature, number]; med. ridurre, fare riassorbire [ swelling]; fare abbassare [ fever]the jackets have been reduced by 50% — comm. il prezzo delle giacche è stato ridotto del 50%
"reduce speed now" — aut. "rallentare"
2) (in scale) ridurre [ map]; (condense) ridurre, adattare [ article]3) mil. degradareto reduce sth. to shreds, to ashes — ridurre qcs. a pezzi, in cenere
to reduce sb. to tears — fare piangere qcn.
5) (simplify) ridurre [argument, existence]6) dir. ridurre [ sentence] (by di)7) gastr. ridurre [sauce, stock]2.1) AE (lose weight) calare (di peso)2) gastr. [ sauce] ridursi -
2 halve
[hɑːv] [AE hæv] 1.1) (reduce by half) dividere per due [ number]; dimezzare [production, rate]2) (divide in two) tagliare in due, dividere a metà [ cake]2.verbo intransitivo [number, rate, time] dimezzarsi••* * *1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) dividere a metà2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) dimezzare* * *[hɑːv] [AE hæv] 1.1) (reduce by half) dividere per due [ number]; dimezzare [production, rate]2) (divide in two) tagliare in due, dividere a metà [ cake]2.verbo intransitivo [number, rate, time] dimezzarsi•• -
3 minimum
['mɪnɪməm] 1.2.to a o to the minimum [keep, reduce] al minimo; the bare o absolute minimum — lo stretto indispensabile
aggettivo minimo* * *1. ['miniməm] adjective(smallest or lowest (possible, obtained, recorded etc): the minimum temperature last night.) minimo2. [-mə] noun(the smallest possible number, quantity etc or the lowest level: Tickets will cost a minimum of $20.) minimo- minimal- minimize
- minimise* * *['mɪnɪməm] 1.2.to a o to the minimum [keep, reduce] al minimo; the bare o absolute minimum — lo stretto indispensabile
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4 decimate
['desɪmeɪt]verbo transitivo decimare (anche fig.)* * *['desimeit]((of disease, battle etc) to reduce greatly in number: The population was decimated by the plague.) decimare* * *['desɪmeɪt]verbo transitivo decimare (anche fig.)
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