Syn: reduced. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
decreased — UK US /dɪˈkriːst/ adjective [before noun] ► having become less: »decreased costs/sales/spending … Financial and business terms
decreased — index qualified (conditioned) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Decreased — Decrease De*crease , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decreased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decreasing}.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d[ e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see {Decrease}, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decreased — adjective made less in size or amount or degree • Syn: ↑reduced • Ant: ↑increased • Similar to: ↑ablated, ↑attenuate, ↑attenuated, ↑faded, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
decreased — adj. Decreased is used with these nouns: ↑expenditure, ↑flow, ↑incidence, ↑level, ↑likelihood, ↑mobility, ↑productivity, ↑risk, ↑tolerance, ↑volume … Collocations dictionary
decreased — de·crease || diË kriËs n. decline; reduction, lessening v. reduce, lessen; decline … English contemporary dictionary
decreased by a factor of — reduced times, was divided by … English contemporary dictionary
decreased gradually — diminished slowly, went down gradually, did not go down all at once … English contemporary dictionary
not decreased — index undiminished Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
atelectasis — Decreased or absent air in the entire or part of a lung, with resulting loss of lung volume. Loss of lung volume itself. SEE ALSO: pulmonary collapse. [G. ateles, incomplete, + ektasis, extension] adhesive a. alveolar … Medical dictionary
