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reduced

/ɹɪˈdjuːst/ UK
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːst/ UK
/ɹɪˈdust/ Canada, US
/ɹɪˈdjust/ Canada, US
/ɹɪˈdjʉːst/ Australia
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒʉːst/ Australia
/ɹəˈdjʉːst/ Australia
/ɹəˈd͡ʒʉːst/ Australia

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of reduce

adjective more reduced · most reduced

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction. the reduced prices in a summer sale
Discounted in price. the reduced goods at the sale
Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated. The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce.
Of a relative clause: not marked by an explicit relative pronoun or relativizer such as who, which, or that.
Of a vowel: relatively more centralised (as schwa or closer to it). See reduced vowel.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: diminished, attenuate, attenuated, faded, rock-bottom, weakened, bated, shrunken, shrivelled, shriveled, small, remittent, slashed, cut, low, ablated

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adj made smaller, less

Español	reducido
Português	reduzido
Français	réduit
Deutsch	verkleinert
Italiano	ridotto
Română	redus, micșorat

adj lowered in price

Deutsch	reduziert

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@misc{reduced_2026,
  title = {reduced},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reduced},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}