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Of a quantity, to become smaller

• The medicine decreased his pain.

  Das Medikament linderte seine Schmerzen.

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• The population of this city has decreased.

  Die Einwohnerzahl dieser Stadt ist gesunken.

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To make (a quantity) smaller

An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased

• A significant decrease in temperature is expected.

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• They demand a decrease in hours of work.

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A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting)selten