Collocations for "decrease"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "decrease" in context.
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decrease
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sharp, steep, significant] decrease
- a [slight, minor, small] decrease
- a [sudden, gradual, lengthy] decrease
- an [expected, unexpected] decrease (in)
- a decrease of [ten] [points, percent]
- a [ten] -point decrease
- a [ten] -percent decrease
- caused a decrease (in)
- the decrease was caused by
- a decrease in [quality, productivity, quantity, numbers]
- a decrease in [sales, popularity, value, price, profit]
- a decrease in [interest, unemployment, crime] rates
- a decrease in [net, gross, total] (profit, sales, weight)
- a decrease of [over, more than, approximately, roughly]
- a decrease from last [year, term, quarter]
- has [reported, experienced, posted] a decrease of
- the [shares, markets] have experienced a [sharp, steep] decrease
- the decrease is a [result, consequence] of
- the [population, rate, frequency] has decreased
- the number of [deaths, accidents, enrollments] have decreased
- decreased from [100] to [90]
- decreased [significantly, rapidly, slightly]
- decreased over the past [10 years]
- decreased over the last [10 years]
- decrease in [value, number, height]
- has decreased in popularity
- decrease the [number, amount, risk, rate] (of)
- decrease [speed, acceleration]
- [output, production, efficiency] has decreased
- has decreased [public, government] spending
- have decreased their [contributions, assistance]
'decrease' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjust
- appetite
- average
- bass
- cause
- clockwise
- consumption
- contrast
- corresponding
- cost
- deviation
- disturbing
- drag
- dropout
- drowning
- earnings
- effectiveness
- electricity
- estimated
- evidence
- experience
- export
- fold
- font
- frequency
- haul
- healthy
- hefty
- increase
- interaction
- leading
- lending
- maximum
- membership
- merger
- mining
- moderate
- negligible
- net
- notable
- noticeable
- output
- percentage
- population
- predictable
- production
- promote
- quantity
- rejection
- report