reduce

[rə'dju:s]

verb

1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) zmanjšati

2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) shujšati

3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) pritirati (do)

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- reducible

- reduction

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[ridjú:s]

1.

transitive verb

zmanjšati, znižati, skrčiti; mathematics & chemistry (z)reducirati, spremeniti (v); privesti (nazaj na), vrniti v prejšnje stanje; prignati, pritirati (k), zlomiti odpor; prisilno koga premestiti, prisiliti, privesti (to k); podvreči, podjarmiti; izreči sodbo; rešiti; sneti; pomanjšati, napraviti v manjšem merilu, v manjši obliki; omejiti (to na); stisniti, zategniti; oslabiti, izčrpati; razredčiti (barve); medicine uravnati; znižati, spustiti (cene); archaic spraviti na pravo pot; archaic zopet poklicati v spomin; military (redko) degradirati, znižati (odvzeti) službeno stopnjo; military (redko) odpustiti, razpustiti

reduced from 3 shillings — prej(šnja cena) ʌ šilinge

in reduce circumstances — obubožan, v bedi, v stiski (po obilju)

in a reduced state — v slabem stanju, oslabljen

at reduced prices — po znižanih cenah

at reduced fare — po znižani vozni ceni

on a reduced scale — v zmanjšanem merilu, v malem

to reduce to absurdity — privesti do absurda

to reduce to ashes — spremeniti v pepel, sežgati

to reduce to beggary — privesti, spraviti na beraško palico

to reduce to classes — razvrstiti v razrede

to reduce clerks — zmanjšati število uslužbencev, odpustiti uslužbence

to reduce to a common denominator — spraviti na skupni imenovalec

to reduce to despair — pritirati, spraviti v obup

she was reduced to despair — zapadla je v obup

to reduce a dislocation — naravnati izpahnjen ud

to reduce to distress — onesrečiti (s.o. koga)

to reduce a fraction — reducirati, skrčiti ulomek

to reduce ore to metal — staliti kovino iz rude

to reduce money — preračunati šilinge v penije ipd.

to reduce a non-commissioned officer to the ranks — degradirati podčastnika v navadnega vojaka

to reduce to nothing — uničiti

to reduce to obedience — prisiliti k pokorščini

to reduce to order — spraviti v red, urediti

to reduce a request to writing — napisati prošnjo

to reduce to poverty — osiromašiti (koga)

to reduce the speed — zmanjšati hitrost

to reduce to a system — spraviti v sistem

he was reduced to sell his house — bil je prisiljen prodati svojo hišo

to reduce to tears — ganiti do solz

to reduce theories to practice — uporabiti teorijo v praksi

to reduce a town military streti odpor mesta

to reduce to writing — spraviti v pismeno obliko;

2.

intransitive verb

shujšati; zmanjšati se, reducirati se

reduced to a skeleton — do kosti shujšan