to lessen a risk

zmniejszać ryzyko

n ком., стр. ризик; рівень ризику; a ризикований

визначений ступінь можливості економічних або фінансових збитків, що пов'язані з непередбачуваністю, небезпекою, несподіваною подією тощо

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abnormal risk надзвичайний ризик; abnormal insurance risk надзвичайний страховий ризик; accident risk ризик нещасного випадку; actual risk фактичний ризик; admissible risk прийнятний ризик; aggregate risk сукупний ризик; allowed risk дозволений ризик; alpha risk альфа-ризик; a posteriori risk апостеріорний ризик • ризик з досвіду; assigned risk встановлений рівень ризику; audit risk ризик аудиторської перевірки; average risk середній рівень ризику; aviation insurance risk страховий авіаційний ризик; beta risk бета-ризик • систематичний ризик; bilateral risk взаємний ризик; blind risk ризик, який не підлягає оцінці; breakage risk ризик поломки; business risk діловий ризик; buyer's risk ризик покупця; calculated risk розрахований ризик; central beta risk центральний бета-ризик; charterer's risk ризик фрахтувальника; collective risk колективний ризик; commercial risk комерційний ризик; company's risk ризик компанії; conditional risk умовний ризик; constant risk постійний ризик; consumer's risk ризик споживача; contractor's risk ризик підрядника; controllable risk контрольований ризик; conventional risk звичайний ризик; credit risk кредитний ризик; currency risk валютний ризик; customary risk звичайний торговельний ризик • ринковий ризик; customer's risk ризик споживача; current risks поточні страхові випадки; death risk ризик смерті; default risk ризик несплати боргу; del credere risk кредитний ризик; desired risk необхідний рівень ризику; diversiflable risk ризик, який можна диверсифікувати; economic risk господарський ризик • економічний ризик; entrepreneurial risk підприємницький ризик; estimated risk оцінка ризику • пробне передбачення ризику; exchange risk валютний ризик; excluded risk виключений ризик; extra risk окремий ризик • додатковий ризик; financial risk фінансовий ризик; fire risk ризик пожежі; foreseeable risk передбачуваний ризик; freight risk фрахтовий ризик; insurable risk ризик, який підлягає страхуванню; insurance risk страховий ризик; insured risk застрахований ризик; integrated risk сукупний ризик; interest rate risk відсотковий ризик; inventory risk ризик знецінення запасів; investment risk інвестиційний ризик; irreparable risk непоправний ризик; leakage risk ризик витікання; legal risk ризик, пов'язаний із порушенням закону; limited risk обмежений ризик • обмежена віповідальність акціонерів; liquidity risk ризик ліквідності; loading risk ризик при навантаженні; manufacturer's risk ризик виробника; manufacturing risk виробничий ризик; marine risk ризик при здійсненні морських перевезень; maritime risk ризик при здійсненні морських перевезень; market risk ризик ринку • ринковий ризик; marketing risk маркетинговий ризик; market liquidity risk ризик ринкової ліквідності; mean risk середній ризик; minimum risk мінімальний ризик; miscellaneous insurance risk різноманітні страхові ризики; moderate risk помірний ризик • зменшений ризик; mortality risk ризик смертності; negligible risk незначний ризик; noncontrollable risk систематичний ризик • ризик, що не піддається контролю; nondiversiflable risk систематичний ризик; noninsurable risk ризик, який не можна застрахувати; noninsured risk незастрахований ризик; non-sampling risk ризик, не врахований методикою вибірки; omnibus risk розподілений ризик; operational risk операційний ризик; overall risk сукупний ризик; overall audit risk узагальнений ризик ревізії; own risk власний ризик; owner's risk ризик власника; percentage risk відносний ризик у відсотках; perceived risk передбачений ризик; policy risk стратегічний ризик; posterior risk пізніший ризик; predetermined risk передбачений рівень ризику; price risk ризик ціни • курсовий ризик; producer's risk ризик виробника; production risk виробничий ризик; project risk ризик проекту; property risk майновий ризик; pure risk чистий ризик; relative risk відносний ризик; residual risk ризик • ризик, що не піддається поясненню; riot risk ризик, пов'язаний з конфліктом і безладдям • ризик бунту; sampling risk ризик вибірки; security risk загроза безпеці • ризик, пов'язаний з порушенням техніки безпеки; seller's risk ризик продавця; settlement risk ризик за розрахунками; shipper's risk ризик при розвантаженні; social risk соціальний ризик; special risk спеціальний ризик • окремий ризик; speculative risk спекулятивний ризик; standard risk нормальний ризик • стандартний ризик; systematic risk систематичний ризик; tenant's risk ризик орендаря; tolerated risk дозволений ризик; total risk сумарний ризик; transaction risk операційний валютний ризик; transport risk транспортний ризик; underwriting risk гарантійний ризик; undesirable risk небажаний ризик; un-diversifiable risk систематичний ризик; undue risk невиправданий ризик; unilateral risk односторонній ризик; uninsurable risk ризик, який не можна застрахувати; uninsured risk незастрахований ризик; unique risk незвичайний ризик • унікальний ризик; unloading risk ризик при розвантаженні; usual risk звичайний ризик; variable risk змінний ризик; vendor's risk ризик постачальника

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against all risks проти всіх ризиків; at risk пов'язано з ризиком; at consignee's risk на ризик товароодержувача; at owner's risk на ризик власника; risk amount ризикована сума; risk analysis аналіз ризику; risks and perils of the sea ризик і небезпека морських перевезень; risk and uncertainty ризик і невизначеність; risk arbitrage арбітраж ризику; risk assessment процес оцінки ризику; risk-assuming capital ризиковий капітал; risk assurance страхування від ризику; risk aversion несхильність до ризику; risk-bearing пов'язаний з ризиком; risk-bearing capital ризиковий капітал; risk-bearing deposit ризиковий депозит; risk capital ризиковий капітал • капітал, що вкладається у ризиковане підприємство; risk category категорія ризику; risk control контроль ризику; risk control system система контролю ризику; risk cover перелік ризиків, охоплених страховим полісом; risk development зміна ризику; risk diversification диверсифікація ризиків; risk element involved врахований елемент ризику; risk equalization fund фонд вирівнювання ризику; risk evaluation оцінка ризику; risk-free rate безризикова відсоткова ставка; risk for own account ризик на власну відповідальність; risk hedging мінімізація ризику • хеджування ризику; risk insurance страхування ризику; risk insured застрахований ризик; risk management управління ризиком; risk measurement вимірювання ризику; risk of accidental loss of goods ризик випадкової втрати товару; risk of breakage ризик поломки; risk of carriage транспортний ризик; risk of collision ризик зіткнення; risk of contamination ризик забруднення; risk of conveyance транспортний ризик; risk of currency depreciation ризик знецінення валюти; risk of damage to goods ризик ушкодження товару; risk of default ризик невиконання зобов'язань; risk of default on payment for received goods ризик несплати за отриманий товар; risk of error ризик помилки; risk of exchange losses валютний ризик; risk of fire ризик пожежі; risk of leakage ризик витікання; risk of loss ризик втрати • ризик збуту; risk of miscalculation ризик прорахунку; risk of misinterpretation ризик неправильного тлумачення; risk of moisture ризик псування від вологи; risk of nonpayment ризик неплатежу; risk of principal ризик зниження вартості вкладеного капіталу; risk of seizure ризик захоплення вантажу; risk of theft ризик крадіжки; risk point точка ризику; risk premium премія за ризик; risk profile характеристика ризику; risk-prone схильний до ризику; risk quantification кількісний вираз ризику; risk-taking прийняття ризику; risk-weighted assets активи, зважені щодо ризику; risk-weighted capital requirements вимоги до капіталу, зваженого щодо ризику; risk weighting оцінка ризику; to accept a risk брати/взяти на себе ризик; to aggravate the risk збільшувати/збільшити ризик; to assess a risk оцінювати/оцінити ризик; to be a good risk бути надійним об'єктом страхування; to be a good credit risk бути надійним партнером • бути надійним компаньйоном • бути надійним учасником; to bear a risk нести ризик; to carry a risk нести ризик; to cover a risk покривати/покрити ризик страхуванням; to incur a risk брати/взяти на себе ризик; to insure a risk страхувати/застрахувати ризик; to insure against a risk страхувати/застрахувати від ризику; to lessen a risk зменшувати/ зменшити ризик; to prevent a risk запобігати/запобігти ризику; to reduce a risk зменшувати/зменшити ризик; to run a risk підлягати ризикові • підпадати/підпасти під ризик; to spread a risk розподіляти/розподілити ризик; to take a risk брати/взяти на себе ризик; to undertake a risk переймати/перейняти ризик • брати/взяти на себе ризик; to underwrite a risk підписувати/підписати поліс морського страхування

risk — ризико (зах. укр., діас.)

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ризик < фр. risque — можлива загроза < італ. risico; пор. ризико (зах. укр.) з італ. risico і польс. rysyko (ЕС-СУМ 4: 171; Фасмер 3: 485)

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1. n

1) риск

2) страховая сумма

3) застрахованное лицо; застрахованная вещь

2. v

•

- risk losing invesment

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- absorbable risk

- accumulated risk

- actuarial risk

- admissible risk

- aggregate risk

- assigned risk

- audit risk

- average risk

- balance-sheet risk

- bank risk

- basis risk

- business risk

- buyer's risk

- cash risk

- commercial risk

- company's risk

- counterparty failure risk

- country risk

- covered risk

- credit risk

- credit availability risk

- currency risk

- default risk

- deflation risk

- del credere risk

- deposit risk

- detection risk

- downside risk

- downside interest rate risk

- earnings risk

- estimated risk

- event risk

- exchange risk

- exchange rate risk

- financial risk

- foreign exchange risk

- inflation risk

- infrastructure risk

- inherent risk

- insurable risk

- insurance risk

- interest rate risk

- investment risk

- lag risk

- limited risk

- liquid-holding risk

- liquidity risk

- loss of capital risk

- market risk

- market liquidity risk

- maturity risk

- mismatch risk

- misstatement risk

- off-balance-sheet risk

- on-balance-sheet risk

- operational risk

- overvaluation risk

- payment risk

- prepayment risk

- price risk

- property risk

- refinancing risk

- regulatory risk

- reinvestment risk

- repayment risk

- rollover risk

- sampling risk

- savings loss risk

- seller's risk

- settlement risk

- sovereign risk

- speculative risk

- spread risk

- spreading risk

- systematic risk

- transaction risk

- transfer risk

- translation risk

- underwriting risk

- uninsurable risk

- upside risk

- upside interest rate risk

- volatility risk

- yield curve risk

- risk of bank losses

- risk of buying undervalued securities

- risk of currency depreciation

- risk of default

- risk of default of acceptance

- risk of exchange losses

- risk of fraud

- risk of improper execution of duties

- risk of inflation

- risk of insolvency

- risk of loss due to to foreign currency fluctuations

- risk of loss on loans

- risk of nonacceptance

- risk of nonpayment

- risk of price fluctuation

- risk of principal

- accept a risk

- allocate the risk

- assess a risk

- assume a risk

- avert a risk

- bear a risk

- carry a risk

- cover a risk

- define a risk

- diversify the risk

- eliminate a risk

- expose to risk

- incur a risk

- insure risks

- insure against a risk

- insure a transaction against risks

- lessen a risk

- manage risks

- mitigate a risk

- offset the risks

- pass risks to

- pose a risk to stability

- prevent a risk

- reduce a risk

- run a risk

- spread a risk

- take the risk

- take out of risk

- underestimate risk

- undertake a risk

- underwrite a risk

- weigh up risks

(reduce) verringern; lindern [Schmerz]

(become less) sich verringern; [Fieber:] sinken, fallen; [Schmerz:] nachlassen

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verb (to make or become less: The fan lessened the heat a little; When the children left, the noise lessened considerably.) (sich) vermindern

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I. vi schwächer [o geringer] werden, abschwächen; fever zurückgehen, sinken; pain nachlassen

the rain eventually \lessened to a soft mist der Regen ging schließlich in ein leichtes Nieseln über

II. vt

▪ to \lessen sth etw verringern

eating properly can \lessen the risk of heart disease mit einer vernünftigen Ernährung kann das Risiko einer Herzerkrankung gesenkt werden

a massage can \lessen tension in the back eine Massage hilft, Rückenverspannungen zu lösen

to \lessen sb's achievements jds Leistungen herabsetzen

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1. vt

1) (= make less) verringern; cost senken, vermindern; effect, impact vermindern, abschwächen; pain lindern

2) (= make seem less important etc) herabsetzen, herabwürdigen

2. vi

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lessen [ˈlesn]

A v/i sich vermindern oder verringern, abnehmen, geringer oder kleiner werden

B v/t

1. vermindern, -ringern, herabsetzen, verkleinern

2. fig

a) herabsetzen, schmälern

b) bagatellisieren

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(reduce) verringern; lindern [Schmerz]

(become less) sich verringern; [Fieber:] sinken, fallen; [Schmerz:] nachlassen

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verkleinern v.

vermindern v.

- acceptable risk

less·en [ʼles^ən] vi

schwächer [o geringer] werden; fever zurückgehen, sinken; pain nachlassen;

the rain eventually \lessened to a soft mist der Regen ging schließlich in ein leichtes Nieseln über vt

to \lessen sth etw verringern;

eating properly can \lessen the risk of heart disease mit einer vernünftigen Ernährung kann das Risiko einer Herzerkrankung gesenkt werden;

a massage can \lessen tension in the back eine Massage hilft, Rückenverspannungen zu lösen;

to \lessen sb's achievements jds Leistungen pl herabsetzen

verb (to make or become less: The fan lessened the heat a little; When the children left, the noise lessened considerably.) reducir, disminuir

lessen vb reducir

Se pronuncia igual que lesson

tr['lesən]

transitive verb

1 disminuir, reducir

intransitive verb

1 disminuir, reducirse

lessen ['lɛsən] vt

: disminuir, reducir

lessen vi

: disminuir, reducirse

• adelgazar v.

• amainar v.

• aminorar v.

• apocar v.

• disminuir v.

• menguar v.

• menoscabar v.

• minorar v.

• reducir v.

transitive verb \<\<pain\>\> aliviar, atenuar*; \<\<cost/risk\>\> reducir*, disminuir*

vi \<\<noise\>\> disminuir*; \<\<pain\>\> aliviarse; \<\<interest\>\> decrecer*, menguar*

VT [+ risk, danger] reducir; [+ pain] aliviar; [+ cost, stature] rebajar

VI [noise, anger, love] disminuir; [pain] aliviarse

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transitive verb \<\<pain\>\> aliviar, atenuar*; \<\<cost/risk\>\> reducir*, disminuir*

vi \<\<noise\>\> disminuir*; \<\<pain\>\> aliviarse; \<\<interest\>\> decrecer*, menguar*

см. lessen a risk

• lessen the risk

1 to reduce.

2 to decrease.

El medicamento disminuyó la fiebre The drug decreased the fever.

Me disminuyó la temperatura My temperature decreased.

3 to diminish, to decrease, to fall off, to drop off.

El calor disminuyó The heat diminished.

4 to lessen, to take down, to humiliate, to deflate.

Su actitud disminuyó a su hijo His attitude lessened his son.

5 to have less.

Te disminuyó la fiebre You have less fever.

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Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to decrease

2 (medidas, velocidad) to reduce

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to diminish

2 (temperatura, precios) to drop, fall

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1) to decrease

2) drop, fall

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1. VT

1) (=reducir) [+ nivel, precio, gastos, intereses] to reduce, bring down; [+ riesgo, incidencia, dolor] to reduce, lessen; [+ temperatura] to lower, bring down; [+ prestigio, autoridad] to diminish, lessen; [+ fuerzas] to sap; [+ entusiasmo] to dampen

2) (Cos) [+ puntos] to decrease

2. VI

1) (=decrecer) [número, población] to decrease, drop, fall; [temperatura, precios] to drop, fall; [distancia, diferencia, velocidad, tensión] to decrease; [fuerzas, autoridad, poder] to diminish; [días] to grow shorter; [luz] to fade; [prestigio, entusiasmo] to dwindle

2) (=empeorar) [memoria, vista] to fail

3) (Cos) [puntos] to decrease

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verbo intransitivo

1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessen

2) ( al tejer) to decrease

1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish

2) ( al tejer) < puntos> to decrease

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= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.

Ex. Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.

Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.

Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.

Ex. When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.

Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.

Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.

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. In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.

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. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.

Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.

Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.

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. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.

Ex. Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.

Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.

Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.

Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.

Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

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. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.

Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.

* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.

* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.

* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* disminuir el valor de = belittle.

* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.

* disminuir la marcha = slow down.

* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.

* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.

* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.

* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.

* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.

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verbo intransitivo

1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessen

2) ( al tejer) to decrease

1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish

2) ( al tejer) < puntos> to decrease

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disminuir [ I20 ]

A (menguar) «número/cantidad» to decrease, drop, fall; «desempleo/exportaciones/gastos» to decrease, drop, fall; «entusiasmo» to wane, diminish; «interés» to wane, diminish, fall off

el número de fumadores ha disminuido the number of smokers has dropped o fallen o decreased

los impuestos no disminuyeron there was no decrease o cut in taxes

los casos de malaria han disminuido there has been a drop o fall o decrease in the number of malaria cases

disminuyó la intensidad del viento the wind died down o dropped

la agilidad disminuye con los años one becomes less agile with age

B (al tejer) to decrease

A (reducir) ‹gastos/costos› to reduce, bring down, cut

disminuimos la velocidad we reduced speed

es un asunto muy grave y se intenta disminuir su importancia it is a very serious matter, and its importance is being played down

el alcohol disminuye la rapidez de los reflejos alcohol slows down your reactions

B (al tejer) ‹puntos› to decrease

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♦ vt

to reduce, to decrease;

disminuye la velocidad al entrar en la curva reduce speed as you go into the curve;

pastillas que disminuyen el sueño tablets that prevent drowsiness;

la lesión no ha disminuido su habilidad con el balón the injury hasn't affected his skill with the ball

♦ vi

disminuye el número de matriculaciones en la universidad university enrolments are down;

medidas para que disminuyan los costes cost-cutting measures;

no disminuye la euforia inversora investor enthusiasm continues unabated

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I v/t gastos, costos reduce, cut; velocidad reduce

II v/i decrease, diminish

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disminuir {41} vt

reducir: to reduce, to decrease, to lower

disminuir vi

1) : to lower

2) : to drop, to fall

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disminuir vb

1. (reducir) to reduce

2. (bajar, menguar) to fall [pt. fell; pp. fallen] / to drop [pt. & pp. dropped]

disminuye el número de ballenas en el mundo the number of whales in the world is falling

1 to reduce.

reduzca la velocidad reduce speed now (en letrero)

nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut

reducir algo a algo to reduce something to something

reducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of something

Ella 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.

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Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to reduce

■ reducir a cenizas to reduce to ashes

2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on

■ reducir gastos to cut down on expenses

3 (vencer) to subdue

4 MEDICINA to set

5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down

► verbo intransitivo

1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear

► verbo pronominal reducirse

1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease

2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)

■ todo se redujo a una equivocación it all came down to a mistake

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1) to reduce, cut

2) decrease

3) subdue

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1. VT

1) (=disminuir)

a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessen

b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reduce

c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten

2)

a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sth

b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth

- reducir algo al absurdo

3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm

4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm

5) (Quím) to reduce

6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *

VI (Aut) to change down

reducirse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce

2)

a) ( transformar)

b) (Quím) to reduce

c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)

3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower

4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)

1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down

2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear

reducirse v pron

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= 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.

Nota: Generalmente aplicado a los precios.

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.

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* 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.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce

2)

a) ( transformar)

b) (Quím) to reduce

c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)

3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower

4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)

1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down

2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear

reducirse v pron

* * *

= 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.

Nota: Generalmente aplicado a los precios.

* * *

reducir [I6 ]

1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reduce

hemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of cases

redujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reduced

han prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxes

con esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infection

ejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistline

reducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sth

han reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pages

le han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two years

la población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former size

reducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o form

el suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothing

reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sth

pretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million

2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:

reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligrams

reducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominator

quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes

todas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered

2 ( Quím) to reduce

3 ( AmS) ‹objeto robado› to receive, fence ( colloq)

C (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpower

reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slavery

D ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)

E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)

A ( Coc) to reduce, boil down

dejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reduce

B ( Auto) to shift into a lower gear, change down ( BrE)

todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figures

todo 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

* * *

a) ‹gastos/costos› to cut, reduce;

◊ debería reducir el consumo de sal you should cut down on salt;

b) ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

a) ( transformar):

◊ reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams;

b) (AmS) ‹ objeto robado› to receive, fence (colloq)

◊ todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful

* * *

♦ vt

1. [disminuir] to reduce;

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;

reducir algo a o [m5] en la mitad to reduce sth by half;

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 minimum

2. [fotocopia] to reduce

3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;

4. Mat [unidades de medida] to convert (a to); [fracciones, ecuaciones] to cancel out

5. Med [hueso] to set

6. Quím to reduce

7. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce

8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence

9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]

♦ vi

1. [en el automóvil]

reduce a tercera change down into third (gear)

2. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce

♦ See also the pronominal verb reducirse

* * *

1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;

reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;

reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear

2 MIL overcome

* * *

reducir {61} vt

1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut

2) : to subdue

3) : to boil down

♦ See also the reflexive verb reducirse

* * *

reducir vb to reduce

1) (let down) herab-/hinablassen; einholen [Flagge, Segel]

2) (reduce in height) senken [Blick]; niederschlagen [Augen]; absenken [Zimmerdecke]; auslassen [Saum]

3) (lessen) senken [Preis, Miete, Zins usw.]

4) (degrade) herabsetzen

5) (weaken) schwächen; dämpfen [Licht, Stimme, Lärm]

1) unter... [Nil, Themse usw., Atmosphäre]; Unter[jura, -devon usw., -arm, -lippe usw.]; Nieder[rhein, -kalifornien]

2) (in rank) unter...

* * *

1) (to make or become less high: She lowered her voice.) senken

2) (to let down: He lowered the blinds.) herunterlassen

* * *

[ˈləʊəʳ, AM ˈloʊɚ]

I. adj inv

1. (less high) niedriger; (situated below) untere(r, s), Unter- hinab

in the \lower back im unteren Rücken

\lower deck of a coach unteres Deck; of a ship Unterdeck nt

\lower floor untere Etage

\lower jaw Unterkiefer m

\lower lip Unterlippe f

the \lower reaches of the ocean die tieferen Regionen des Ozeans

the L\lower Rhine GEOG der Niederrhein

2. (less in hierarchy) status, rank niedere(r, s), untere(r, s); animal niedere(r, s)

II. vt

1. (move downward)

▪ to \lower sth etw herunterlassen

▪ to \lower oneself:

she \lowered herself into a chair sie ließ sich auf einem Stuhl nieder

the miners \lowered themselves into the tunnel die Bergleute ließen sich in den Stollen hinunter

to \lower one's arm/hands den Arm/die Hände senken

to \lower one's eyes die Augen niederschlagen, den Blick senken

to \lower one's head den Kopf senken

to \lower a flag/the sails eine Fahne/die Segel einholen

to \lower the hem den Saum herauslassen

to \lower the landing gear das Fahrgestell ausfahren

to \lower a lifeboat NAUT ein Rettungsboot zu Wasser lassen [o aussetzen]

to \lower the periscope das Periskop einfahren

2. (decrease)

▪ to \lower sth etw verringern [o senken]

his crude jokes \lowered the tone of the evening seine derben Witze drückten das Niveau des Abends

to \lower one's expectations/sights seine Erwartungen/Ansprüche zurückschrauben

to \lower one's guard seine Deckung vernachlässigen

to \lower the heat die Temperatur zurückdrehen

to \lower interest rates die Zinssätze senken

to \lower prices/taxes die Preise/Steuern senken

to \lower the quality die Qualität mindern

to \lower one's voice seine Stimme senken

to \lower one's standards seine Anforderungen zurückschrauben

3. (demean)

▪ to \lower oneself sich akk erniedrigen

▪ to \lower oneself to do sth sich akk herablassen, etw zu tun

I wouldn't \lower myself to respond to his insults ich würde mich nicht auf sein Niveau begeben und auf seine Beleidigungen antworten

I'd never have expected him to \lower himself by stealing ich hätte nie gedacht, dass er so tief sinken könnte und stehlen würde

III. vi sinken; voice leiser werden

[laʊəʳ, AM laʊr]

vi person ein finsteres Gesicht machen; light dunkler werden; sky sich akk verfinstern

▪ to \lower at sb jdn finster ansehen

* * *

1. adj

1) (in height) niedriger; part, half, limb, storey, latitude untere(r, s); note tiefer; (GEOG) Nieder-

2) (in hierarchy) rank, level niedere(r, s); (ZOOL) animals niedere(r, s)

2. adv

3. vt

1) (= let down) boat, injured man, load herunterlassen; eyes, gun senken; mast umlegen; sail, flag einholen; bicycle saddle niedriger machen

2) (= reduce) pressure, risk verringern; price, interest rates, cost, tone, temperature senken; morale, resistance schwächen; standard herabsetzen

4. vi

* * *

lower¹ [ˈlaʊə(r)] v/i

1. finster oder drohend blicken:

lower at sb jemanden finster oder drohend ansehen

2. a) sich (am Himmel) auftürmen (Wolken)

b) sich mit schwarzen Wolken überziehen (Himmel)

lower² [ˈləʊə(r)]

A v/t

1. eine Mauer etc niedriger machen

2. die Augen, den Gewehrlauf etc, auch die Stimme, den Preis, die Temperatur etc senken, das Wahlalter etc auch herabsetzen

3. fig erniedrigen:

a) sich demütigen,

b) sich herablassen

4. abschwächen, mäßigen:

lower one’s hopes seine Hoffnungen herabschrauben

5. herunter-, herab-, niederlassen, FLUG das Fahrgestell ausfahren, eine Fahne, ein Segel niederholen, streichen; → flag¹ A 1

6. MUS (im Ton) erniedrigen

B v/i

1. niedriger werden (auch fig)

2. fig sinken, heruntergehen, fallen

lower³ [ˈləʊə(r)]

A komp von low¹ A

B adj

1. niedriger (auch fig):

a lower estimate eine niedrigere Schätzung

2. unter(er, e, es), Unter…:

lower court JUR untergeordnetes Gericht; → grade A 2, jaw A 1, lip A 1

3. GEOG Unter…, Nieder…:

Lower Austria Niederösterreich n

4. neuer, jünger (Datum):

of a lower date jüngeren Datums

5. BIOL nieder (Pflanzen etc)

* * *

1) (let down) herab-/hinablassen; einholen [Flagge, Segel]

2) (reduce in height) senken [Blick]; niederschlagen [Augen]; absenken [Zimmerdecke]; auslassen [Saum]

3) (lessen) senken [Preis, Miete, Zins usw.]

4) (degrade) herabsetzen

5) (weaken) schwächen; dämpfen [Licht, Stimme, Lärm]

1) unter... [Nil, Themse usw., Atmosphäre]; Unter[jura, -devon usw., -arm, -lippe usw.]; Nieder[rhein, -kalifornien]

2) (in rank) unter...

* * *

ausfahren (Fahrgestell) adj.

klein adj.

unterer adj. v.

absenken (Grundwasserspiegel) v.

niederlassen v.

- country at war

- declaration of war

- acts of war

- art of war

- avoidance of war

- council of war

- fight against war

- struggle against war

- hotbed of war

- imminent danger of war

- incitement of war

- renunciation of war

- particular region of war

- in time of war

- in the event of war

- laws of war

- seat of war

- luck of war

- means of war

- threat of war

- menace of war

- theatre of war

- on the brink of war

- resistance to war

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- outbreak of war

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- spoils of war

- state of war

- support for war

- threat of war

- war against illiteracy

- preclude war

- head off war

- prevent war

- avert war

- avoid nuclear war

- be at war with smb.

- balance on the brink of war

- breed wars

- bring the war to an end

- bring about war

- trigger off war

- unleash war

- carry the war into the enemy's country

- declare war

- eliminate war

- stir up war

- incite war

- fan war

- go to war

- handle the question of war and peace

- increase the risks of war

- launch a war against smb.

- lessen the danger of war

- levy war against smb.

- make war against smb.

- levy war on smb.

- wage war on smb.

- make war on smb.

- wage war against smb.

- make profits from war

- make war

- menace war

- mitigate the horrors of war

- plunge a country into war

- proclaim war

- prohibit war

- rush into war

- resort to war

- War between the states

- destructive war

- fight a losing war

- all-out nuclear war

- war potential

- theatre of a limited nuclear war

- civil war

- racial war

- limited war

- War of Secession

- price war

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- war prisoner

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- war decoration

- conventional war

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- preventive war

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- sea war

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- imperialist war

- aggressive war

- remove the danger of nuclear war

- uncontrolled war

- war criminals