reduce

/rɪˈdjuːs/ verb [T]

Translation

› to make something less

azaltmak, kısmak, indirmek

to reduce air pollution Prices have been reduced by almost 50 percent. The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300.1811

› to add one or more electrons to a substance or to remove oxygen from a substance1277

reduce sb to sth/doing sth phrasal verb

› to make someone unhappy or cause them to be in a bad situation

...hâle getir(il)mek/sok(ul)mak/düşür(ül)mek

She was reduced to tears by his comments. I lost my job and was reduced to borrowing money from friends.1868

reduce sth to sth phrasal verb

› to destroy something, especially something that has been built

olmuş/yapılmış bir şeyi harap etmek/mahvetmek

The earthquake reduced the city to rubble.1974

(Definition of reduce verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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