reduce+to+poverty
11Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford …
12reduce — v. 1) (D; tr.) to reduce in (he was reduced in rank) 2) (d; tr.) to reduce to (she was reduced to poverty; the corporal was reduced to the rank of private) * * * [rɪ djuːs] (d; tr.) to reduce in (he was reduced in rank) (d; tr.) to reduce to (she …
13poverty — /pov euhr tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. 2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. 3. scantiness;… …
14poverty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abject, absolute, extreme, grinding, severe ▪ widespread ▪ global, world ▪ …
15reduce — 01. The government hopes that by raising taxes on cigarettes, it will be able to [reduce] the number of teenagers who start smoking. 02. Criminologists believe that the [reduction] in violent crime in this country is due to the fact that our… …
16reduce — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, markedly, severely, sharply, significantly, substantially ▪ su …
17reduce — verb 1》 make or become smaller or less in amount, degree, or size. ↘boil (a sauce or other liquid) so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated. ↘chiefly N. Amer. (of a person) lose weight. ↘Photography make (a negative or print)… …
18reduce — [[t]rɪdju͟ːs, AM du͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦ reduces, reducing, reduced 1) VERB If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. [V n] It reduces the risks of heart disease... [V n] Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent …
19reduce — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. (foll. by to) bring by force or necessity (to some undesirable state or action) (reduced them to tears; were reduced to begging). 3 tr. convert to another (esp. simpler) form (reduced it to a …
20reduce — v. a. 1. Bring, restore. 2. Render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring to. 3. Diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, attenuate, contract, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short …
