{
  "type": "oxford",
  "pronunc": {
    "phonetic": "rəˈdus",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/reduce.mp3",
    "transkor": "줄이자"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- ‘back, again’ + ducere ‘bring, lead’. The original sense was ‘bring back’ (hence ‘restore’, now surviving in reduce (sense 5)); this led to ‘bring to a different state’, then ‘bring to a simpler or lower state’ (hence reduce (sense 3)); and finally ‘diminish in size or amount’ (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": "동사",
      "etymologies": "후기 중세 영어: 라틴어 리듀서, re- 'back, again' + duceere 'bring, lead'에서. 원래의 의미는 'bring back'(그래서 'restore', 지금은 축소(sense 5)); 이것은 '다른 상태로 가져오기'로 이어졌고, 그 다음에는 '더 단순하거나 낮은 상태로 가져오기'(따라서 축소(sense 3); 그리고 마지막으로 '크기나 양의 감소'(diminimit)(sense 1, 18세기 후반부터)이다.",
      "definitions": "양, 정도 또는 크기를 줄이거나 줄이다.",
      "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": [
        "비용 절감을 위한 기업의 필요성",
        "인력이 약 6,100명으로 감소했다.",
        "관상 동맥 질환의 위험 감소"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "phrasesorg": [
    "reduce someone to the ranks",
    "reduced circumstances"
  ],
  "phraseskor": [
    "누군가를 계급으로 강등시키다.",
    "사정이 좋지 않은 상황"
  ]
}