"decrease" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

decrease verbo

decrease + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 64
decrease several percent • decrease the amount • decrease the risk • decrease the effectiveness • decrease one's ability • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
4. decrease the likelihood = zmniejsz prawdopodobieństwo decrease the likelihood
  • This substantially decreases the likelihood that a bomb can harm the structure.
  • "We want to ask what else can be done to decrease the likelihood of catastrophic accidents."
  • General knowledge offered to a child can decrease the likelihood of children being exploited into prostitution or pornography.
  • The scientists said the emerging evidence decreased the likelihood that those countries were connected to the anthrax letters.
  • What is the Federal Reserve doing to help decrease the likelihood of another financial crisis?
  • Safety measures should also be taken to decrease the likelihood of injury from the involuntary movements.
  • Factors relating to the environment that either increase or decrease the likelihood of disease.
  • She now has medication that can decrease the likelihood of a sleep attack, though it is not a cure.
  • Potential improvements, called an "action plan", are identified and implemented to decrease the likelihood of such events in the future.
  • Outside forces may also be effective in decreasing the likelihood of ethnic violence.
(5) number, performance
Kolokacji: 2
(9) appetite, libido
Kolokacji: 2
(10) anxiety, depression, fear
Kolokacji: 3
(11) output, dose
Kolokacji: 2
(12) coordination, sensation
Kolokacji: 2
(13) pollution, exposure
Kolokacji: 2
(15) loss, fatigue, injury
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + decrease
Kolokacji: 6
need to be decreased • help decrease • begin to decrease • tend to decrease • used to decrease • ...
decrease + preposición
Kolokacji: 25
decrease over • decrease during • decreased by • decrease from • decrease in • ...
decrease + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
significantly decrease • gradually decrease • decrease dramatically • steadily decrease • decrease rapidly • ...

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