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1 terugbrengen
1 [weer brengen naar het punt van vertrek/bij de eigenaar] bring/take back ⇒ return♦voorbeelden:oma zal de kinderen terugbrengen • grandma will bring/take the children backiemand van een voornemen terugbrengen • change someone's mind about something3 de werkloosheid/inflatie terugbrengen • reduce unemployment/inflationtot de helft terugbrengen • reduce by half -
2 beperken
1 [met een grens afsluiten] limit, restrict3 [kleiner maken] reduce, decrease ⇒ restrict♦voorbeelden:iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken • restrict someone's freedomtot het minimum/zoveel mogelijk beperken • keep (down) to a minimumtot het minimum beperken • reduce to a minimum, minimizeII 〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich beperken〉1 [zich houden bij] restrict/confine (oneself to) -
3 herleiden
♦voorbeelden:1 〈 wiskunde〉 een breuk/een algebraïsche formule herleiden • reduce a fraction, reduce/simplify an algebraic formulakilo's tot ponden herleiden • convert kilos into poundshet hele probleem laat zich gemakkelijk herleiden tot … • the whole problem can be easily reduced to … -
4 verlagen
♦voorbeelden:1 een verlaagde taille • a low/dropped waistlinehet tarief/de salarissen verlagen • lower/reduce the rate/salaries(met) 30 % verlagen • lower/reduce by 30 % -
5 een breuk/een algebraïsche formule herleiden
een breuk/een algebraïsche formule herleidenreduce a fraction, reduce/simplify an algebraic formulaVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een breuk/een algebraïsche formule herleiden
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6 inkorten
♦voorbeelden:een verhaal inkorten • shorten/cut down a story -
7 men weet niet waartoe de armoede iemand brengen kan
men weet niet waartoe de armoede iemand brengen kanpeople don't know what poverty can reduce you to/to what poverty can reduce youVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > men weet niet waartoe de armoede iemand brengen kan
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8 reduceren
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9 snelheid minderen
snelheid minderenslow down, reduce one's speed————————snelheid minderenreduce speed, slow downVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > snelheid minderen
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10 verkleinen
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11 waartoe
2 [betrekkelijk] (which/that) … for/to3 [onbepaald] whatever … for/to♦voorbeelden:waartoe zijn wij op aarde? • why are we here?2 men weet niet waartoe de armoede iemand brengen kan • people don't know what poverty can reduce you to/to what poverty can reduce youlaten zien waartoe men in staat is • show what one is capable of -
12 aanbelangen
n. reduce; involve; concern; regard; affect; contract -
13 abbrevieren
v. shorten, reduce in length, make brief, abbreviate -
14 afknibbelen
v. reduce, cut down -
15 afzwakken
v. decrease, reduce, lessen; weaken -
16 allieren
v. alloy, mix metals; corrupt by adding other substances; reduce in value or quality -
17 atomiseren
v. atomize, reduce to particles -
18 bedwinger
n. suppressor, one who suppresses; device used to reduce or eliminate unwanted currents (Electricity) -
19 beknotten
v. cut short, curtail, reduce -
20 bekrimpen
v. economize, cut back, cut down, reduce, skimp
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reduce — 1 *decrease, lessen, diminish, abate, dwindle Analogous words: *shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, retrench: *contract, shrink, condense Contrasted words: *increase, augment, enlarge, multiply: *extend … New Dictionary of Synonyms