reduce Définition En Français

• 0 to cause to be less -- réduire

  • The prices are reduced by 25%. Les prix sont réduits de 25%.

  • attempts to reduce the amount of waste des tentatives pour réduire la quantité de déchets

• 1 to make less, smaller etc -- réduire

  • The train reduced speed.

  • The shop reduced its prices

• 2 to lose weight by dieting -- maigrir

  • I must reduce to get into that dress.

• 3 to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state -- réduire (en/à)

  • During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.

  • She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears

  • The bombs reduced the city to ruins