verb / noun · academic
decrease
/dɪˈkriːs/de·CREASE
task1
to become smaller in size, amount, number, or strength / a reduction
Examples
“The number of commuters decreased steadily over five years.”
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Band 8 sentence
“After the subsidy was removed, consumer spending decreased steadily, especially in discretionary categories.”
Collocations
- decrease steadily
- a decrease of 10%
- decrease by
Word family
decrease verb / noundecreased adj / verb (past)decreasing adj / verb-ing
Common mistakes
decrease to 5%→decrease to 5% (khi nói mức cuối cùng) / decrease by 5% (khi nói biên độ)
a lot of decrease→a large decrease / a significant decrease
Say it for a higher band
5go down→6fall→7+decrease
Synonyms
decline
fall
Easily confused
decline
“Over the last decade, the company's profits have shown a steady decline.”
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