decrease: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dramatic, drastic, great, large, marked, sharp, significant, substantial
▪ There has been a sharp decrease in pollution since the law was introduced.
▪ modest, slight, small
▪ gradual, progressive, steady
▪ rapid, sudden
▪ corresponding, relative
▪ Fewer houses are available, but there is no corresponding decrease in demand.
▪ general, overall
▪ threefold, tenfold, etc.
▪ 5%, 25%, etc.
VERB + DECREASE
▪ demonstrate, display, exhibit, indicate, reveal, show
▪ This year's figures show a decrease of 30% on last year.
▪ experience, have, suffer
▪ It is not uncommon to experience a decrease in confidence after a divorce.
▪ report
▪ Half the companies in the survey reported a decrease in sales.
▪ cause, lead to, produce, result in
PREPOSITION
▪ on the decrease
▪ Marriage is still on the decrease.
▪ decrease from … to …
▪ a decrease from 62% to just under half
▪ decrease in
▪ The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths.
▪ decrease of
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
ADVERB
▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, markedly, sharply, significantly, substantially
▪ slightly, somewhat
▪ Spending has decreased slightly this year.
▪ rapidly
▪ progressively, steadily
▪ gradually, slowly
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪ Crime has decreased by 20%.
▪ from, to
▪ Average family size has decreased from five to three children.
▪ with
▪ The number of quarrels among children decreases with age.
PHRASES
▪ decrease in number, size, value, etc.
▪ The heart gradually decreases in size.
Decrease is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amount, ↑concentration, ↑confidence, ↑consumption, ↑deficit, ↑density, ↑emission, ↑incidence, ↑length, ↑level, ↑mortality, ↑output, ↑percentage, ↑population, ↑productivity, ↑proportion, ↑rate, ↑size, ↑speed, ↑value, ↑velocity, ↑volume, ↑width
Decrease is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amount, ↑appetite, ↑blood pressure, ↑chance, ↑concentration, ↑cost, ↑diversity, ↑dosage, ↑duration, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑force, ↑frequency, ↑incidence, ↑intake, ↑intensity, ↑level, ↑likelihood, ↑mortality, ↑number, ↑per cent, ↑point, ↑probability, ↑production, ↑productivity, ↑rate, ↑recurrence, ↑reliance, ↑risk, ↑size, ↑stress, ↑temperature, ↑use, ↑voltage, ↑volume, ↑vulnerability, ↑width