Hyphenation of reduce

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word reduce? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-duce

Definitions of reduce:

1.
Cut down on
Make a reduction in Reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits
2.
Make less complex
Reduce a problem to a single question
3.
Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
He reduced the population to slavery
4.
Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5.
Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
She reduced her niece to a servant
6.
Be the essential element
The proposal boils down to a compromise
7.
Reduce in size
Reduce physically Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
8.
Lessen and make more modest
Reduce one's standard of living
9.
Make smaller
Reduce an image
10.
To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
11.
Narrow or limit
Reduce the influx of foreigners
12.
Put down by force or intimidation
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
13.
Undergo meiosis
The cells reduce
14.
Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15.
Destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
16.
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
17.
Be cooked until very little liquid is left
The sauce should reduce to one cup
18.
Cook until very little liquid is left
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
19.
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Cut bourbon
20.
Take off weight

Synonyms of reduce:

verbcut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down, decrease, lessen, minify
verb simplify
verb demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
verb substitute, replace
verbtake down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
verbcome down, boil down, become, turn
verb shrink, decrease, lessen, minify
verb impoverish
verbscale down, shrink
verb deoxidize, deoxidise, change
verb tighten, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
verb repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, oppress, suppress, crush
verb separate, divide, part
verb reposition
verb abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, decrease, lessen, minify
verbboil down, decoct, concentrate, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
verbboil down, concentrate, decrease, lessen, minify
verb dilute, thin, thin out, cut, weaken
verbmelt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down, change state, turn

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