{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "r\u0259\u02c8dus",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/reduce.mp3",
    "transkor": "\uc904\uc774\uc790"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- \u2018back, again\u2019 + ducere \u2018bring, lead\u2019. The original sense was \u2018bring back\u2019 (hence \u2018restore\u2019, now surviving in reduce (sense 5)); this led to \u2018bring to a different state\u2019, then \u2018bring to a simpler or lower state\u2019 (hence reduce (sense 3)); and finally \u2018diminish in size or amount\u2019 (reduce (sense 1), dating from the late 18th century)",
      "definitions": "make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "bring down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decrease"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "turn down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "take the edge off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "minimize"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make cheaper"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower the price of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut in price"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower in price"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cheapen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "mark down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "discount"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "put on sale"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "offer at a giveaway price"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "the need for businesses to reduce costs",
        "the workforce has been reduced to some 6,100",
        "a reduced risk of coronary disease"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\ud6c4\uae30 \uc911\uc138 \uc601\uc5b4: \ub77c\ud2f4\uc5b4 \ub9ac\ub4c0\uc11c, re- 'back, again' + duceere 'bring, lead'\uc5d0\uc11c. \uc6d0\ub798\uc758 \uc758\ubbf8\ub294 'bring back'(\uadf8\ub798\uc11c 'restore', \uc9c0\uae08\uc740 \ucd95\uc18c(sense 5)); \uc774\uac83\uc740 '\ub2e4\ub978 \uc0c1\ud0dc\ub85c \uac00\uc838\uc624\uae30'\ub85c \uc774\uc5b4\uc84c\uace0, \uadf8 \ub2e4\uc74c\uc5d0\ub294 '\ub354 \ub2e8\uc21c\ud558\uac70\ub098 \ub0ae\uc740 \uc0c1\ud0dc\ub85c \uac00\uc838\uc624\uae30'(\ub530\ub77c\uc11c \ucd95\uc18c(sense 3); \uadf8\ub9ac\uace0 \ub9c8\uc9c0\ub9c9\uc73c\ub85c '\ud06c\uae30\ub098 \uc591\uc758 \uac10\uc18c'(diminimit)(sense 1, 18\uc138\uae30 \ud6c4\ubc18\ubd80\ud130)\uc774\ub2e4.",
      "definitions": "\uc591, \uc815\ub3c4 \ub610\ub294 \ud06c\uae30\ub97c \uc904\uc774\uac70\ub098 \uc904\uc774\ub2e4.",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lessen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make less"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make smaller"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "bring down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decrease"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "turn down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "diminish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "take the edge off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "minimize"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "make cheaper"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower the price of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut in price"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "lower in price"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cheapen"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "cut"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "mark down"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "discount"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "put on sale"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "offer at a giveaway price"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\ube44\uc6a9 \uc808\uac10\uc744 \uc704\ud55c \uae30\uc5c5\uc758 \ud544\uc694\uc131",
        "\uc778\ub825\uc774 \uc57d 6,100\uba85\uc73c\ub85c \uac10\uc18c\ud588\ub2e4.",
        "\uad00\uc0c1 \ub3d9\ub9e5 \uc9c8\ud658\uc758 \uc704\ud5d8 \uac10\uc18c"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [
    "reduce someone to the ranks",
    "reduced circumstances"
  ],
  "arrphraseskor": [
    "\ub204\uad70\uac00\ub97c \uacc4\uae09\uc73c\ub85c \uac15\ub4f1\uc2dc\ud0a4\ub2e4.",
    "\uc0ac\uc815\uc774 \uc88b\uc9c0 \uc54a\uc740 \uc0c1\ud669"
  ]
}