{
    "term": "decrease",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "decrease",
            "heSheIt": "decreases"
        },
        "pastSimple": "decreased",
        "pastParticiple": "decreased",
        "ingForm": "decreasing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become smaller in size, number, etc.; to make something smaller in size, number, etc.",
            "sensetop": "decrease (from something) (to something)decrease by somethingdecrease in somethingdecrease with somethingdecrease something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Donations have **decreased significantly** over the past few years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a decreasing population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.",
                    "contextForm": "decrease (from something) (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price of wheat has decreased by 5 per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "decrease by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.",
                    "contextForm": "decrease in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to decrease in size/value"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fertility decreases with age.",
                    "contextForm": "decrease with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug did not **significantly decrease** the risk of heart attack.",
                    "contextForm": "decrease something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People should decrease the amount of fat they eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to decrease the incidence/likelihood/rate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Average family size has decreased from five to three children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Crime has decreased by 20 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The heart gradually decreases in size."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spending has decreased slightly this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dose was gradually decreased after eight weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of quarrels among children decreases with age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Symptoms include a dry mouth, decreased appetite, headache and tiredness."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
                "preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
                "phrases": ["decrease in number, size, value, etc."]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːs/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decrease__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪz/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreases__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːst/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreased__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreasing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːs/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decrease__us_4_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪz/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreases__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːst/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreased__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decrease/decreasing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’."
}