Collocations for "reducing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reducing" in context.
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reduce
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- reduce [significantly, dramatically, slightly]
- reduce your [waste, footprint, consumption]
- (significantly) reduce [speed, stress, accidents]
- [accidents] were reduced (significantly)
- helps to reduce [stress, anxiety]
- reduce your [speed, stress, anxiety]
- reduce the [risks, costs, time]
- reduce (costs) by [half, 50%]
- was reduced from 10 years to 5
- reduced him to [tears, nothing, despair]
- reduce to a [liquid, sauce, paste]
- reduce [it, the liquid] down (until)
- reduce all [solutions, answers]
'reducing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aim
- beneficial
- effective
- effectiveness
- environment
- function
- incentive
- insight
- inventory
- overload
- profitability