Synonym: compress, curtail, cut, diminish, lessen, reduce, shorten. Antonym: increase. Similar words: increased, decrepit, increasing, increasingly, in secret, secretary, ease, at ease. Meaning: [diː'kriːs] 
n. 1. a change downward 2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter 3. the amount by which something decreases 4. the act of decreasing or reducing something. v. 1. decrease in size, extent, or range 2. make smaller.
n. 1. a change downward 2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter 3. the amount by which something decreases 4. the act of decreasing or reducing something. v. 1. decrease in size, extent, or range 2. make smaller. 
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31. They tried to beat the sudden decrease in land values.
32. The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths.
33. If the egg is not fertilised oestrogen and progesterone decrease.
34. Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking.
35. There are fears that share prices could decrease still further.
36. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
37. The North's share of the world's energy consumption is expected to decrease from 70% to 60%.
38. After this, the annual payments would decrease.
39. The June decrease was the first drop since January and the steepest since December.
40. And as time goes by, your staff will likely decrease, for the age limits of call-up will rise.
41. Because survival rates decrease dramatically as the disease progresses, early detection is key, Dressler says.
42. The figures recorded for 1991 show a decrease of 42 in casualties in this group.
43. The aim is not to increase the community nurses' workload but rather to decrease time spent chasing the social work team.
44. An unfavorable change in consumer preferences will cause demand to decrease, shifting the curve to the left.
45. The decrease in sodium reabsorption by the renal tubules will be accompanied by decreased chloride and water retention.
46. That finding suggests that hospitals trying to boost patient satisfaction must do more than merely decrease waiting times.
47. The binding is reversible so that factors that decrease the protein concentration will increase the ionized fraction of calcium in the blood.
48. When resorption overtakes formation, the result is a decrease in bone density and strength.
49. The remaining strategies are designed to decrease the overload and pressure themselves.
50. The problem becomes more difficult for older adults as calcium needs increase while calorie needs decrease.
51. This decrease in inflation has not been achieved without a price.
52. A good response to treatment was defined as restoration of continence or a decrease of at least 75% in frequency of incontinence.
53. It causes the wake to increase in width and decrease in velocity deficit with distance downstream.
54. Calculate a percentage of a sum of money. Increase or decrease a sum of money by a given percentage.
55. By 1919 the number of soldiers began to decrease and the numbers of unemployed to increase.
56. Contrary to mathematical expectation,(www.Sentencedict.com) the presence of Rupa and Dullah did not decrease the loading time by two thirds.
57. Discussion A decrease in the incidence of gastric carcinoma has been widely reported over the last three decades.
58. In iron deficiency anemia complicated by other disorders which either increase serum iron or decrease the.
59. Thus settling appeared to decrease the spread of sizes as estimated from sieving.
60. The rate and amount of vaginal lubrication does decrease with age.