decreasing+(verb)

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• decreasing — decrease de‧crease 1 [dɪˈkriːs] verb [intransitive, transitive] to go down to a lower level, or to make something do this: • Network television viewing continues to decrease. • The bank decreased its dividend to 15 cents from 31.25 cents a share …   Financial and business terms

• Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …   Wikipedia

• decrease — verb (decreased, decreasing) –verb (i) /dəˈkris / (say duh krees) 1. to diminish gradually in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc. –verb (t) /dəˈkris / (say duh krees) 2. to make less; cause to diminish. –noun /ˈdikris / (say deekrees),… …  

• Miskito grammar — This article provides a grammar sketch of the Miskito language, the language of the Miskito people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, a member of the Misumalpan language family. There also exists a brief typological overview of the… …   Wikipedia

• decrease — verb dɪ kri:s make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. noun di:kri:s an instance of decreasing. ↘the action of decreasing. Derivatives decreasing adjective decreasingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. decreis (n.),… …   English new terms dictionary

• wear off — verb 1. deteriorate through use or stress (Freq. 1) The constant friction wore out the cloth • Syn: ↑wear, ↑wear out, ↑wear down, ↑wear thin • Derivationally related forms: ↑wear …   Useful english dictionary

• decelerate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: de + accelerate Date: 1899 transitive verb 1. to reduce the speed of ; slow down < decelerate a car > 2. to decrease the rate of progress of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quench — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cwencan; akin to Old English cwincan to vanish, Old Frisian quinka Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. a. put out, extinguish b. to put out the light or fire of < quench glowing coals with water… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• let the perfect be the enemy of the good — verb To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal. More data and more analyses will provide better information for the future, but we dare not let “the …   Wiktionary

• '-ing' adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR A large number of adjectives end in ing . ◊ related to transitive verbs Many ing adjectives have the same form as the present participle of a transitive verb, and are similar in meaning. For example, an astonishing fact is a fact that… …   Useful english dictionary

• decrease — I. verb (decreased; decreasing) Etymology: Middle English decreessen, from Anglo French decrestre, from Latin decrescere, from de + crescere to grow more at crescent Date: 14th century intransitive verb to grow progressively less (as in size,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary