Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reduced

/ɹɪˈdust/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: re-duced
IPA: /ɹɪˈdust/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of reduce

adj

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.

adj

Discounted in price.

adj

Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.

adj

Of a relative clause: not marked by an explicit relative pronoun or relativizer such as who, which, or that.

Example Sentences

"the reduced prices in a summer sale"
"the reduced goods at the sale"
"The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈdust/
British English: /ɹɪˈdjuːst/

Inflected Forms

more reduced (comparative) most reduced (superlative)

Derived Forms

electroreduced leucoreduced leukoreduced monoreduced nonreduced overreduced prereduced pseudoreduced unreduced

Phrases

reduced algebra reduced cat reduced circumstances reduced-fat milk reduced isolation reduced mass reduced ring reduced row echelon form

Synonyms

decreased rock-bottom

Rhymes With

produced introduced boost induced reproduced seduced roost deduced reintroduced loosed joost spruced

Questions

How do you pronounce reduced?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈdust/.
What does reduced mean?: simple past and past participle of reduce

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