[
  {
    "word": "reduce",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279\u026a\u02c8dju\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u026a\u02c8dju\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u026a\u02c8du\u02d0s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/reduce-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769494",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lose weight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reduce a province or a fort"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bring to an inferior state or condition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reduce a city to ashes"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as \"reduce to writing\".)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To reform a line or column from (a square).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strike off the payroll.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To annul by legal means.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To translate (a book, document, etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a book reduced into English"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "inspissate",
          "cut",
          "decrease",
          "lower"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "increase"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reduce"
    ]
  }
]