decreased
/dɪˈkriːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈkriːs/
dɪˈkriːs
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Past ending sound
dɪ - ˈkriːs -> decreased
Myanmar meaning
(v[pt]) လျော့နည်းခဲ့ (v[pp]) လျော့နည်းခဲ့ပြီး
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လျော့နည်းသည်။ လျှော့သည်။
Student numbers have decreased by 500. ❍ Interest in the sport is steadily decreasing. ❍ The government have decreased the size of grants.
/'di:kri:s/ n ~ (in sth)
(က) [U] လျော့နည်းမှု။ ကျဆင်းမှု။
some decrease in the birth rate ❍ Certain types of crime seem to be on the decrease.
(ခ) [C] လျော့နည်းမှုပမာဏ။
a decrease of 3% in the rate of inflation ❍ There has been a decrease in imports.
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reduce, cut, diminish, lessen, decline, dwindle, shrink, drop off, fall, abate, abatement, calm down, check, compression, condensation, constriction, contract, contraction, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, cutback, decay, declining, decrescence, degenerate, depreciate, depression, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminishing, diminution, discount, downturn, droop, drop, dry up, dwindling, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, falling off, lessening, let up, lighten, lose edge, loss, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduction, restrain, run low, settle, shrinkage, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, striction, subside, subsidence, tail off, wane, waning, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither
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