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[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
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