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English word

decrease

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈdiːkriːs/US /ˈdiːkriːs/
noun

the process of reducing something; the amount that something is reduced by

verb

to become smaller in size, number, etc.; to make something smaller in size, number, etc.

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Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED
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From their baseline when they come in, high-power people experience about a 20-percent increase, and low-power people experience about a 10-percent decrease.

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And then we'll see rapid growth year over year in the usefulness of the humanoid robots, a decrease in cost, and scaling up of production.

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