{
  "type": "oxford",
  "pronunc": {
    "phonetic": "dəˈkris",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/decrease.mp3",
    "transkor": "감소하다"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’",
      "definitions": "make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "become less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grow less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "become smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grow smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "drop"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decline"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "dwindle"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "contract"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shrink"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "fall off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "die down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make fewer"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut back"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut back on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut down on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "curtail"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "contract"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "narrow"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pare down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "slim down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "tone down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "temper"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "weaken"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deplete"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "minimize"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "the population of the area has decreased radically",
        "in some cases vitamin E has decreased cholesterol levels"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "drop"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessening"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lowering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decline"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "falling off"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "a decrease in births",
        "the rate of decrease became greater."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "동사",
      "etymologies": "후기 중세 영어: 고대 프랑스어 deceris (명사), deceristre (동사), 라틴어 decrescere 기반, de- 'down' + crescere 'grow'에서.",
      "definitions": "크기, 양, 강도 또는 정도에서 작아지거나 작아지는",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "become less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grow less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "become smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grow smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "drop"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decline"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "dwindle"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "contract"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shrink"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "fall off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "die down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make fewer"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut back"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut back on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut down on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "curtail"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "contract"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "narrow"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pare down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "slim down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "tone down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "temper"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "weaken"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deplete"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "minimize"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "그 지역의 인구는 급격히 감소했다.",
        "어떤 경우에는 비타민 E가 콜레스테롤 수치를 낮췄다."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "명사",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "작아지거나 적어지는 예나 사례",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "reduction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "drop"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessening"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lowering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decline"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "falling off"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "출생아의 감소",
        "감소율이 더 커졌습니다."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "phrasesorg": [
    "on the decrease"
  ],
  "phraseskor": [
    "감소하여"
  ]
}