Definitions for decreasing

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decreasing de·creas·ing

Spelling: [dih-kree-sing]

IPA: /dɪˈkri sɪŋ/

Decreasing is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1014 anagrams from letters in decreasing (acdeeginrs).

Definitions for decreasing

noun

1. the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:
2. the amount by which a thing is lessened:

adjective

1. becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
2. Mathematics. (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is less than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nonincreasing. Compare increasing (def 2).

verb (used with object)

1. to make less; cause to diminish:

verb (used without object)

1. to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.:

Origin of decreasing

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at decrease, -ing²

Examples for decreasing

In an effort to save taxpayer dollars, states have been decreasing the number of beds in their psychiatric hospitals for decades.

And up she went and down she went, shortening and lengthening, swelling and decreasing.

At the times of both of these eclipses the solar activity was decreasing.

Well, you are about to get better, my dear child; the fever is decreasing, and your head freer.

Is it any wonder that the herring is now decreasing in numbers?

Actual cases of Ebola in Liberia, according the World Health Organization, are decreasing.

State funding for public colleges and universities has plummeted, decreasing by 40 percent across the country since 1980.

On the other hand the percentage of women able to nurse their children is decreasing.

The glaciers are melting because snowfall is decreasing and temperatures are rising—bad news for wolverines.

The increasing reliance on numbers has been accompanied by a decreasing reliance on true leadership.