Collocations for "reduce"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reduce" in context.
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reduce
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- reduce [significantly, dramatically, slightly]
- reduce your [waste, footprint, consumption]
- (significantly) reduce [speed, stress, accidents]
- [accidents] were reduced (significantly)
- helps to reduce [stress, anxiety]
- reduce your [speed, stress, anxiety]
- reduce the [risks, costs, time]
- reduce (costs) by [half, 50%]
- was reduced from 10 years to 5
- reduced him to [tears, nothing, despair]
- reduce to a [liquid, sauce, paste]
- reduce [it, the liquid] down (until)
- reduce all [solutions, answers]
'reduce' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
act
- advocate
- battle
- coat
- exercise
- farm
- help
- increase
- prevent
- sand
- seal
- cost
- crime
- divide
- fine
- goal
- government
- half
- heat
- length
- list
- load
- trade
- speed
- scheme
- risk
- program
- poverty
- potential
- population
- pan
- odd
- response
- operating
- carbon
- defense
- electricity
- exhaust
- fuel
- greenhouse
- trading
- damper
- decade
- depletion
- exposure
- filter
- flare
- leakage
- majority
- mandate