| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| reduce [sth]⇒ vtr | (lessen, decrease) | minska, förminska vtr |
| | (ofta fackspråk) | reducera vtr |
| | Now Trevor has lost his job, he needs to reduce his monthly outgoings. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (lessen, decrease) | sänka ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | minska, förminska vtr |
| | | reducera ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | By extending the term of her mortgage, Jane reduced her monthly payments to £400. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (rate, etc.: lower) | sänka vtr |
| | (ofta fackspråk) | reducera vtr |
| | The bank has lowered the interest rate on our mortgage. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (rate, etc.: lower) | reducera ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | förminska vtr |
| | | sänka vtr |
| | The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 0.5%. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (lower the quantity of) | sänka vtr |
| | | minska, förminska vtr |
| | (ofta fackspråk) | reducera vtr |
| | The factory had to reduce its staff due to a lack of demand for its product. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (lower the quantity to) | reducera ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | minska ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | Ian is giving up smoking and has reduced the number of cigarettes he smokes each day to three. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (copy: make smaller) | förminska vtr |
| | I need to reduce this A3 poster so that it will fit onto a sheet of A4. |
| reduce⇒ vi | (lessen, decrease) | reducera vitr |
| | | minska vitr |
| | The number of visitors to this town has reduced in recent years. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
| reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr | often passive (worsen status of) | reducera vtr |
| | | förminska vtr |
| | | försvaga vtr |
| | A once-wealthy woman, she has been reduced to begging in the street. |
| reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr | usually passive (make resort to) | reducera vtr |
| | | förminska vtr |
| | | försvaga vtr |
| | We were so poor back then that we were reduced to living on peanut butter and crackers. |
| reduce [sth]⇒ vtr | (cookery: boil down) | reducera vtr |
| | Reduce the wine by boiling it in a saucepan. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (mathematics: simplify) | reducera vtr |
| | | förenkla vtr |
| | | förkorta vtr |
| | The fraction 5/10 can be reduced to 1/2. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (broken bone: set) (ben) | sätta vtr |
| | | sätta ett brutet ben på plats vbal uttr |
| | Surgery was needed to reduce the fractured bone. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (simplify, condense) | förenkla ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | The conflict cannot be reduced to a simple view of good versus evil. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (break down into: pieces) | reducera ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | förenkla vtr |
| | | bryta ner ngt till ngt vbal uttr |
| | The building was reduced to pieces by the force of the explosion. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (idea, text: condense) | reducera ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | förenkla vtr |
| | | förkorta vtr |
| | That whole speech could be reduced to "Be nice." |
| reduce [sth/sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (worsen condition of) | reducera ngn/ngt till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | förminska vtr |
| | | försvaga vtr |
| | They have reduced education to rote learning and memorization. |
| | She was reduced to poverty. |