reduced
- 1Past tense and past participle of reduce.
They reduced the price of the tickets last week.
The company reduced its staff after the merger.
UsageWas reduced to doing something means you had to do it, though you did not want to.
- 2Made smaller, fewer, or lower than before.
Like a balloon that has let out some air, so it is smaller than before.
The team worked with a reduced budget this year.
Her reduced workload gave her more free time.
UsageUsually before a noun: a reduced budget, reduced risk.
Similarlower, diminished, lessened
Oppositeheightened, raised
- 3Sold for less money than the normal price.
Like a price tag with a lower number stuck over the old one.
All the reduced items were near the back of the store.
This coat is reduced, so it costs only thirty dollars now.
UsageSay a coat is reduced or reduced to a lower price.
Similardiscounted, cut-price
Less common meaning
- 4Cooked down so a sauce or liquid becomes thicker and stronger in taste.
Like leaving a pot of soup on the stove until some water disappears, so the taste gets stronger.
She poured the reduced sauce over the roasted chicken.
Pour the reduced sauce over the chicken just before you serve it.
Similarconcentrated
Oppositediluted
Note
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reduced is a form of reduce
reduce, verb: To make something smaller, less, or weaker. Full entry
- Spelling
- reduce → reduced: add -d
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