| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| lessen vi | (decrease) | afnemen, verminderen, teruglopen, dalen onoverg.ww |
| | The rain lessened after a few minutes, so Tom decided to walk home. |
| wane vi | figurative (decline over time) | afnemen, verminderen, tanen, achteruitgaan onoverg.ww |
| | Interest in this subject is waning, so the university is cancelling the course next year. |
| dwindle vi | (diminish, get smaller) | afnemen, verminderen, slinken, teruglopen onoverg.ww |
| | Chances of our arriving before the rain starts are dwindling. |
| drop off vi phrasal | informal, figurative (decrease) | afnemen, dalen, teruglopen, verminderen onoverg. ww |
| Opmerking: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun |
| | Sales have dropped off dramatically since the start of the credit crunch. |
| fizzle out vi phrasal | informal, figurative (diminish) | verminderen ww |
| | The flow of water would fizzle out when the boy stepped on the hose. |
| allay vtr | (emotion: calm, ease) | verminderen, verlichten overg. ww |
| | | kalmeren, bedaren overg. ww |
| | | tot bedaren brengen frase |
| | What can we tell them to allay their fears about the operation? |
| attenuate vtr | (lessen) | verminderen overg. ww |
| | | verzwakken overg. ww |
| | (geluid) | dempen overg. ww |
| pruning n | figurative (removal of sth superfluous) (figuurlijk) | snoeien ww als nw het |
| | | korten ww als nw het |
| | | verminderen ww als nw het |
| | The company has too many employees and needs pruning. |
| narrow vtr | (make more narrow) (letterlijk) | versmallen overg. ww |
| | (figuurlijk, abstract) | verkleinen overg. ww |
| | (figuurlijk, abstract) | verminderen overg. ww |
| | (figuurlijk) | inperken overg. ww |
| | He narrowed his search to a smaller area. |
| allay vtr | (pain: relieve) (pijn) | verminderen, verlichten overg. ww |
| | The medication should allay your pain for eight hours or so. |
axe,
also US: ax vtr | figurative, informal (reduce, cut, eliminate) | inkrimpen, korten overg.ww |
| | | verminderen, reduceren overg.ww |
| | Next year's budget will have to be axed severely. |
| curtail sth vtr | (restrict) | inperken, verminderen, verkleinen overg. ww |
| | | inkorten overg. ww |
| Opmerking: formal |
| | The students' freedoms were curtailed because of their noise. |
quell,
quell sth vtr | (allay) | verlichten, verminderen overg. ww |
| | What can I say to quell your anxiety about this evening? |
| lowering n | (figures: decreasing) | verlagen, verminderen ww als nw het |
| | We need to concentrate on lowering unemployment. |
| decrease vi | (go down) | afnemen, verminderen onoverg.ww |
| | Water consumption needs to decrease if we are to avoid a drought. |
| slacken sth vtr | (loosen) | ontspannen overg. ww |
| | | verminderen overg. ww |
| | | doen verslappen overg. ww+ww |
| | Robert slackened his grip on the bar. |
| decline vi | (decrease) | afnemen, verminderen onoverg.ww |
| | Sales of desktop computers have been declining over the last few years as most people prefer laptops. |
| fall off vi phrasal | figurative (decrease) | teruglopen, dalen, verminderen onoverg.ww |
| | Car sales have fallen off during the recession. |
| remit vi | archaic (abate) | afnemen, bedaren onoverg.ww |
| | | luwen onoverg.ww |
| | | verminderen onoverg.ww |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| abate vi | (reduce) | verminderen overg.ww |
| lower vtr | (downgrade) | verlagen, verminderen overg.ww |
| | (Belg.) | milderen overg.ww |
| | The weather forecaster lowered the prediction from a storm to a gale. |
| lower vtr | (diminish) | verlagen, verminderen overg.ww |
| | (Belg.) | milderen overg.ww |
| | You should lower your expectations, based on your lack of success so far. |
| ease vtr | (reduce tension) | verzachten, verminderen, ontspannen overg.ww |
| | He loosened the rope to ease the tension in it. |
| prune vtr | figurative (reduce, trim) (figuurlijk) | snoeien overg.ww |
| | | verminderen, reduceren overg.ww |
| reduce vtr | (lower amount) | verminderen, verlagen, afprijzen overg.ww |
| relieve vtr | (lessen pressure, etc.) | verlichten, verminderen overg.ww |
| subdue vtr | (make softer) | verzachten, verminderen, temperen overg.ww |
| weaken vtr | (make sb weak) | verzwakken, verminderen overg.ww |