{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "d\u0259\u02c8kris",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/decrease.mp3",
    "transkor": "\uac10\uc18c\ud558\ub2e4"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- \u2018down\u2019 + crescere \u2018grow\u2019",
      "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": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\ud6c4\uae30 \uc911\uc138 \uc601\uc5b4: \uace0\ub300 \ud504\ub791\uc2a4\uc5b4 deceris (\uba85\uc0ac), deceristre (\ub3d9\uc0ac), \ub77c\ud2f4\uc5b4 decrescere \uae30\ubc18, de- 'down' + crescere 'grow'\uc5d0\uc11c.",
      "definitions": "\ud06c\uae30, \uc591, \uac15\ub3c4 \ub610\ub294 \uc815\ub3c4\uc5d0\uc11c \uc791\uc544\uc9c0\uac70\ub098 \uc791\uc544\uc9c0\ub294",
      "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": [
        "\uadf8 \uc9c0\uc5ed\uc758 \uc778\uad6c\ub294 \uae09\uaca9\ud788 \uac10\uc18c\ud588\ub2e4.",
        "\uc5b4\ub5a4 \uacbd\uc6b0\uc5d0\ub294 \ube44\ud0c0\ubbfc E\uac00 \ucf5c\ub808\uc2a4\ud14c\ub864 \uc218\uce58\ub97c \ub0ae\ucdc4\ub2e4."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\uc791\uc544\uc9c0\uac70\ub098 \uc801\uc5b4\uc9c0\ub294 \uc608\ub098 \uc0ac\ub840",
      "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": [
        "\ucd9c\uc0dd\uc544\uc758 \uac10\uc18c",
        "\uac10\uc18c\uc728\uc774 \ub354 \ucee4\uc84c\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [
    "on the decrease"
  ],
  "arrphraseskor": [
    "\uac10\uc18c\ud558\uc5ec"
  ]
}