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1 down
I [daun]1. adverb1) towards or in a low or lower position, level or state:إلى أسْفَلHe climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.
2) on or to the ground:على الأرْضThe little boy fell down and cut his knee.
3) from earlier to later times:من عَهْدٍ قَديمThe recipe has been handed down in our family for years.
4) from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc:إلى حَجْمٍ أصْغَرPrices have been going down steadily.
5) towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre:إلى مَكان أدْنىWe went down from Glasgow to Bristol.
2. preposition1) in a lower position on:أسْفَلTheir house is halfway down the hill.
2) to a lower position on, by, through or along:في، داخِل، خِلالWater poured down the drain.
3) along:على طولThe teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.
3. verbto finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp:يُنْهي بِسُرْعَه، يَزْدَرِد II [daun] nounHe downed a pint of beer.
small, soft feathers:زَغَب، ريشٌ ناعِمa quilt filled with down.
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2 reducir de tamańo
• cut down to size• cut to size• downsize• make slower• make smaller• reduce in size• size down -
3 reducir a proporciones normales
• cut down to sizeDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > reducir a proporciones normales
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4 поставить на место
1) General subject: (кого-л.) bring to his level, call down (кого-л.), (кого-л.) cut down to size, put back, (кого-л.) put in his place, put-down, (кого-л.) tell where to get off, (кого-л.) wipe eye, (кого-л.) bring to his bearings, (кого-л.) bring to his level, (кого-л.) make look small, (кого-л.) send about his business, put people where they belong (Sometimes it is necessary to put people where they belong.), shoot down (вербально), send about his business (кого-л.), bring smb. down a peg, cut smb./smth. down to size2) Naval: replace3) Colloquial: bring down4) Mathematics: move into position, place to the site6) Politics: (к-л) cut (smb) down to size7) Jargon: (кого-л.) clip someone's wings, (часто в страдательном залоге) Chastise8) Graphic expression: Take down a peg (кого-либо)9) Makarov: (кого-л.) bring (smb.) to his bearings, (кого-л.) put (smb.) in his place, (кого-л.) put (smb.) in his proper place, (кого-л.) tell (smb.) where to get off, call down (кого-л), cut down to size (кого-л.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > поставить на место
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5 обрезать
1) General subject: clip, crop, cut down to size (зазнайку и т. п.), cut short, deflate, give a rap on the knuckles (кого-л.), give a rap over the knuckles (кого-л.), guillotine (книгу), obtruncate, pare, prune, rap knuckles (кого-л.), set, snub, squelch, truncate, cut away, cut down to size (зазнайку), shear3) Colloquial: squash5) Agriculture: (коротко) dock, cut back6) Rare: detruncate7) Construction: snip10) Forestry: prune away, prune down, shear off (сучья)11) Polygraphy: boil down (края книги), crop (напр. книги по рисунку), cut (книжный блок), edge (края), plough13) Information technology: corp, crop (изображение)14) Plastics: trim -
6 kleinkriegen
v/t umg.1. (Sache) break; (Person) cut down to size; ich lasse mich nicht kleinkriegen I won’t allow myself to be pushed about (Am. around) ( oder sat on); nicht kleinzukriegen sein Sache: be indestructible; Person: refuse to lie down, keep bouncing back* * *klein|krie|genvt seper kann das Fleisch mit dem Messer nicht kléínkriegen — he can't cut up the meat with his knife
2) (inf = kaputt machen) to smash, to break3) (inf) (= gefügig machen) to bring into line (inf); (= unterkriegen, müde machen) to get down; (körperlich) to tire outer ist einfach nicht kleinzukriegen — he just won't be beaten
unser altes Auto ist einfach nicht kleinzukriegen — our old car just goes on for ever
er ließ sich auch trotz erpresserischer Drohungen nicht kléínkriegen — in spite being blackmailed he was not to be intimidated
* * *klein|krie·genvt (fam)1. (zerkleinern)Fleisch \kleinkriegen to cut up meat sep2. (kaputtmachen)▪ etw \kleinkriegen to smash [or break] sth3. (gefügig machen)▪ jdn \kleinkriegen to bring sb into line, to make sb toe the line* * *transitives Verb (ugs.)2) (zerstören) smash; break3) (aufbrauchen) get through, (coll.) blow < money>; get through, (joc.) demolish <sweets, cakes, etc.>4)jemanden kleinkriegen — get somebody down (coll.)
* * *kleinkriegen v/t umgich lasse mich nicht kleinkriegen I won’t allow myself to be pushed about (US around) ( oder sat on);* * *transitives Verb (ugs.)2) (zerstören) smash; break3) (aufbrauchen) get through, (coll.) blow < money>; get through, (joc.) demolish <sweets, cakes, etc.>4)jemanden kleinkriegen — get somebody down (coll.)
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7 свеждам
1. вж. навеждамсвеждам до нула reduce/bring to nought/zero/a cipherсвеждам нещо до естествените му размери reduce to just/correct proportions, reduce to perspective, cut down to sizeсвеждам до най-същественото reduce to essentialsсвеждам се come down, boil down (до to)вж. навеждам се* * *свѐждам,гл.1. bent/bow down;2. ( приравнявам) reduce, bring (до to), ( понижавам) relegate (до to); reduce to the level of; \свеждам до най-същественото reduce to essentials; \свеждам до нула reduce/bring to nought/zero/a cipher;\свеждам се come down, boil down (до to); • \свеждам глава/чело прен. bow down ( пред to).* * *bring to ; reduce (до - to): свеждам to the level of - свеждам до равнището на; bow down (навеждам); droop (се); depress ; relegate* * *1. (приравнявам) reduce, bring (до to), (понижавам) relegate (до to);reduce to the level of 2. СВЕЖДАМ ce come down, boil down (до to) 3. СВЕЖДАМ глава/ чело прен. bow down (пред to) 4. СВЕЖДАМ до най-същественото reduce to essentials 5. СВЕЖДАМ до нула reduce/bring to nought/zero/a cipher 6. СВЕЖДАМ нещо до естествените му размери reduce to just/correct proportions, reduce to perspective, cut down to size 7. вж. навеждам 8. вж. навеждам се -
8 diminuer
diminuer [diminye]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = réduire) to reduceb. ( = rabaisser) [+ mérite, talent] to belittle2. intransitive verba. [violence, intensité, intérêt, ardeur] to diminish ; [lumière] to fade ; [bruit] to die down ; [pluie] to let upb. [effectifs, nombre, valeur, pression] to decrease ; [provisions] to run low ; [forces] to decline* * *diminɥe
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1) ( réduire) to reduce [quantité, durée, niveau, frais, risques] (à to; de by); to lower [taux, taxe, salaire]2) ( modérer) to dampen [enthousiasme, courage]3) ( rabaisser) [personne] to belittle [exploit, personne]; [fait]diminuer les mérites/le talent de quelqu'un — to detract from somebody's merits/talent
4) ( affaiblir) to weaken [personne]; to sap [forces]5) ( en tricot) to decrease [mailles]
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verbe intransitif1) ( se réduire) [facture, chômage, taux, prix] to come ou go down (de by); [pouvoir d'achat] to be reduced; [salaire] to fall; [écart] to close; [réserves, consommation, quantité] to decrease; [croissance, volume, déficit, différence] to decrease; [production, ventes, demande] to fall off; [bougie, bouteille] to go down2) ( faiblir) [activité, intérêt, attaques, violence] to fall off; [pression, tension] to decrease; [bruit, flamme, orage, rire, rumeurs, colère] to die down; [forces, capacités] to diminish; [courage] to fail; [ardeur] to cool; [température, fièvre] to go down* * *diminɥe1. vt1) [niveau, nombre, coût, prix, dépense, effectif, production, risque] to reduce, [pression] to reduce, [taux] to reduce, to lower, [crédits] to reduce, to cut2) [ardeur, intérêt] to lessen3) [personne] (physiquement) to weaken4) (= dénigrer) to belittle2. vi[pression] to decrease, [prix, nombre, effectifs] to go down, [impôts, volume, fréquence, risques] to decrease, [température] to go down, to fall* * *diminuer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( réduire) to reduce [quantité, intensité, durée, niveau, chances] (à to; de by); to lower [taux, taxe, salaire]; pour diminuer les frais/pertes/risques to reduce the cost/losses/risks; diminuer sa consommation d'alcool to reduce one's alcohol intake;2 ( modérer) to dampen [enthousiasme, courage]; le salaire proposé a vite diminué mon ardeur the salary which was offered soon dampened my enthusiasm;3 ( dénigrer) to diminish [exploit, succès, réussite]; diminuer les mérites/le talent de qn to detract from sb's merits/talent;5 ( en tricot) to decrease [mailles] ; diminuez deux mailles à chaque rang decrease (by) two stitches on every row; diminuez de deux mailles decrease (by) two stitches; arrêtez de diminuer stop decreasing.B vi1 ( se réduire) [facture, montant, chômage, taux, prix] to come ou go down (de by), to decrease (de by); [écart] to close; [réserves, consommation, quantité] to decrease, to diminish; [croissance, volume, déficit, différence] to decrease; [production, ventes, demande] to fall off; [bougie, bouteille] to go down; notre pouvoir d'achat/notre salaire a diminué our purchasing power/our salary has gone down; les jours diminuent the days are getting shorter;2 ( faiblir) [activité, intérêt, attaques, violence] to fall off; [pression, tension] to decrease, to diminish; [bruit, flamme, orage, rire, rumeurs, colère] to die down; [forces, capacités] to diminish; [courage] to fail; [ardeur] to cool; [température, fièvre] to go down.[diminɥe] verbe transitif1. [réduire - prix, impôts, frais, ration] to reduce, to cut ; [ - longueur] to shorten ; [ - taille, effectifs, volume, vitesse, consommation] to reduce2. [affaiblir - personne][déprécier - qualité]cela ne diminue en rien votre mérite this doesn't detract from ou lessen your merit at all4. [en tricot] to decrease6. (familier) [employé] to cut the pay of————————[diminɥe] verbe intransitif[volume] to decrease2. [s'affaiblir - forces] to ebb away, to wane, to lessen ; [ - peur] to lessen ; [ - intérêt, attention] to drop, to lessen, to dwindle3. [raccourcir]les jours diminuent the days are getting shorter ou drawing in -
9 ставить на место
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10 возвращать (с небес) на землю (/ к реальности)
Literal: cut down (обыкн. "to cut down to size")Универсальный русско-английский словарь > возвращать (с небес) на землю (/ к реальности)
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11 srezati
vt pf (smanjiti) cut, slash, reduce; (»srediti«) deflate, cut down to size, put smb. in his place -
12 köpeklemek
colloq. 1. to be dog-tired. 2. to be sorry for what one has done. 3. to be cut down to size, be taken down a peg. 4. to cringe, fawn. -
13 вернуть к суровой действительности
General subject: cut down to sizeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вернуть к суровой действительности
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14 поставить (кого-л.) на место
1) General subject: bring to his level, cut down to size, put in his place, tell where to get off, wipe eye, bring to his bearings, bring to his level, make look small, send about his business2) Jargon: clip someone's wings3) Makarov: bring (smb.) to his bearings, put (smb.) in his place, put (smb.) in his proper place, tell (smb.) where to get offУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > поставить (кого-л.) на место
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15 спустить с небес на землю
General subject: damp (smb.'s) spirits, cut down to sizeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > спустить с небес на землю
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16 courber
v. trans. Se faire courber une aile (fig.): To be 'cut down to size', to be put in one's place. -
17 débiné
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18 zranit tvé sebevědomí
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19 spezzone
"cut down size, crop end;Knüppel;palanquinha"* * *m ( parte) piececinema clipmilitary small bombspezzone incendiario incendiary bomb( profilato) cut-down size* * *spezzone s.m.3 (cinem.) clip.* * *[spet'tsone]sostantivo maschile1) telev. cinem. clip2) mil. rudimentary bomb, fragmentation bomb* * *spezzone/spet'tsone/sostantivo m.1 telev. cinem. clip2 mil. rudimentary bomb, fragmentation bomb. -
20 reducir
v.1 to reduce.nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cutreducir algo a algo to reduce something to somethingreducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of somethingElla redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).4 to set (medicine).5 to shorten, to shrink.Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.8 to hydrogenate.* * *1 (gen) to reduce2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on3 (vencer) to subdue4 MEDICINA to set5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)* * *verb1) to reduce, cut2) decrease3) subdue* * *1. VT1) (=disminuir)a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessenmedidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed
han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists
el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down
el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%
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reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sthtenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%
b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reducehan reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months
sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months
c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten2)•
reducir algo a algo —a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sthredujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government
b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm•
reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm5) (Quím) to reduce6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *2.VI (Aut) to change down3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.----* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *reducir [I6 ]vtA1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reducehemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of casesredujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reducedhan prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxescon esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infectionejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistlinereducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sthhan reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pagesle han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two yearsla población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former sizereducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o formel suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothingreducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sthpretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduceB1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligramsreducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominatorquedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashestodas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered2 ( Quím) to reduceC (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpowerreducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slaveryD ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)■ reducirviA ( Coc) to reduce, boil downdejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reducereducirse A algo:todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figurestodo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river* * *
reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1
‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
2a) ( transformar):
quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift
' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir] to reduce;[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum2. [fotocopia] to reduce3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower6. Quím to reduce8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]♦ vireduce a tercera change down into third (gear)* * *v/t1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear2 MIL overcome* * *reducir {61} vt1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut2) : to subdue3) : to boil down* * *reducir vb to reduce
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