Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧creaseCategory:2-syllable words

verb

• enPR: dĭkrēs', IPA ^(key): /dɪˈkriːs/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• SAMPA: /dI"kri:s/

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noun

• enPR: dē'krēs, IPA ^(key): /ˈdiːkriːs/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• SAMPA: /"di:kri:s/

Verb

1. (transitive & intransitive)Category:Transitive verbsCategory:Intransitive verbs If something decreases, it goes down in number or value.
   • Antonym: increase

   The Australian dollar has decreased 3% against the Euro.

   The government has decreased the amount of money it gives to schools.

Noun

1. A decrease happens when the number or value of something goes down.
   • Antonym: increase

   There has been a 3% decrease in the Australian dollar against the Euro.

   Every year we see a larger decrease in the number of students studying foreign languages.