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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 ;
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