Decrease

Definition

decrease /dÇ'kri:s/ v ေလ်ာ့နည္းသည္။ ေလွ်ာ့သည္။ 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] ေလ်ာ့နည္းမႈ။ က်ဆင္းမႈ။ some decrease in the birth rate ❍ Certain types of crime seem to be on the decrease. (ခ) [C] ေလ်ာ့နည္းမႈပမာဏ။ a decrease of 3% in the rate of inflation ❍ There has been a decrease in imports.

Examples

1. The number of people visiting the park has decreased significantly.
2. Prices are expected to decrease by less than 1 per cent this year.
3. The new system decreases the risk to public health.