The AI-powered English dictionary
third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased
(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller. examples
(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller. examples
countable and uncountable, plural decreases
An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased. examples
(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting). examples