1. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
   "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester";
   - diminish, lessen, fall, come down, go down, sink, dent
    
2. Make become smaller
   "He decreased his staff";
   - lessen, minify

1. The act of decreasing or reducing something
   "The decrease in production helped conserve resources";
   - diminution, reduction, step-down
    
2. A change downward
   "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided";
   - lessening, drop-off
    
3. A process of becoming smaller or shorter
   "The decrease in rainfall has affected crop yields";
   - decrement
    
4. The amount by which something decreases
   "The decrease in temperature was noticeable as the sun set";
   - decrement

Derived forms: decreased, decreases, decreasing

Type of: alter, alteration, amount, change, change magnitude, change of magnitude, modification, modify, physical process, process

Antonym: increase, increment

Encyclopedia: Decrease