reducing

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reducing

/ɹɪˈdjuː.sɪŋ/ UK
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuː.sɪŋ/ UK
/ɹɪˈd(j)u.sɪŋ/ Canada, US
/ɹɪˈdjʉː.sɪŋ/ Australia
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒʉː.sɪŋ/ Australia
/ɹəˈdjʉː.səŋ/ Australia
/ɹəˈd͡ʒʉː.səŋ/ Australia

Rhymes with -uːsɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of reduce

adjective more reducing · most reducing

That causes reduction.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: reduction, shorten, limiting, restricting, cutback, narrowing, downsizing, restrict, limit, downsize, minimize, abatement, de-escalate, decrement, narrow, abating

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@misc{reducing_2026,
  title = {reducing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reducing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}