Reduced circumstances

Definition

reduce /r'dju:s; US -'du:s/ v ၁။ ~ sth (from sth) ( to/ by sb) ေလွ်ာ့သည္။ reduce pressure/ speed ❍ visibility reduced by fog ❍ increase profits by reducing costs ❍ Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease. ❍ This shirt was greatly/ much reduced in the sale. ❍ reduce prices by 10% ❍ The number of staff was reduced from 40 to 25. ၂။ ( infml esp US ) ကိုယ္ အေလးခ်ိန္ ေလွ်ာ့သည္။ ❏ reduced circumstances n [pl]( euph ) အထည္ႀကီးပ်က္ ဘဝ။ be living in reduced circumstances. ❏ reduce sb (from sth) to sth [ PHRV ] ရာထူးေလွ်ာ့ခ် လိုက္သည္။ reduce a sergeant to the ranks (ie make him an ordinary soldier). ❏ reduce sb/ sth (from sth) to sth/ doing sth [ PHRV ] (usu passive) (ဆိုးရြားေသာ) အေျခဆိုက္ေစသည္။ reduce sb to tears ❍ a beautiful building reduced to ashes/ rubble/ ruins ❍ They were reduced to begging in the streets. ❍ Overwork has reduced him to a physical wreck. ❏ reduce sth to sth [ PHRV ] သတၱဳခ်သည္။ reduce a problem to two main issues. ❏ reducible /-ǝbl/ adj ~ (to sth) ( fml ) ယုတ္ေလ်ာ့ႏိုင္ ေသာ။ A culture is not reducible to the desires of the individuals comprising it. Compare IRREDUCIBLE

Examples

1. Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
2. [reduce something by something] : The workforce will be reduced by around 30 per cent.
3. [reduce something from something to something] : It has reduced its size from about 135
4. 000 employees to 75
5. 000.
6. Her lawyers got the charge reduced from murder to manslaughter.
7. [reduce something to the minimum] : Risks must be reduced to the absolute minimum.
8. [reduce something in size/number etc] : Their army will be drastically reduced in size and influence.
9. [greatly/significantly reduce something] : The new systems should significantly reduce the amount of paper we use.
10. [reduce something to something] : All children’s shoes are now reduced to £10 a pair.