"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) significantly, necessarily
Kolokacji: 2
(4) greatly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(5) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(6) substantially, considerably
Kolokacji: 2
  • The role of government in the economy was considerably decreased.
  • At the time, the military had decreased considerably in size.
  • During this period the population decreased considerably to only 500 by 1882.
  • In the thirteen years since, there is little doubt that the total has decreased considerably.
  • The rate of major wrecks has decreased considerably since the 1920s, but several lives are still lost each year.
  • Since 1953 the income gap between male and female workers has decreased considerably but remains relatively large.
  • Crime in this area has decreased considerably since the police increased their foot patrols.
  • It was a good thing that the night considerably decreased the Italians' accuracy.
  • In the last three decades, infant mortality overall has also decreased considerably.
  • There exists some gang activity within the area, although it has decreased considerably over the decade before 2003.
(7) markedly, noticeably
Kolokacji: 2
(8) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(10) linearly, monotonically
Kolokacji: 2

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