Engels

Uitgebreide synoniemen voor lessen in het Engels

lessen:

to lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)

  1. to lessen
    to decrease; to diminish; to reduce; to curtail; to lessen; to scale down; to dwindle; shrink away; to mark down
    • decrease werkwoord (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish werkwoord (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce werkwoord (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail werkwoord (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down werkwoord (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle werkwoord (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • shrink away werkwoord
    • mark down werkwoord (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  2. to lessen
    dilute
    – lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture 1
    to abate
    – become less in amount or intensity 1
    • abate werkwoord (abates, abated, abating)
      • The storm abated1
    to weaken
    – become weaker 1
    • weaken werkwoord (weakens, weakened, weakening)
      • The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days1
    adulterate; to lessen; to become weak; lose strength
    to enervate
    – weaken mentally or morally 1
    • enervate werkwoord (enervates, enervated, enervating)
    to enfeeble
    – make weak 1
    • enfeeble werkwoord (enfeebles, enfeebled, enfeebling)
  3. to lessen
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink werkwoord (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish werkwoord (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease werkwoord (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce werkwoord (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up werkwoord (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back werkwoord (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle werkwoord (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel werkwoord (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down werkwoord (goes down, went down, going down)
    • shrink away werkwoord
    • drop werkwoord (drops, dropped, dropping)
  4. to lessen
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    to decrease; to diminish; to fall; to lessen
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    • decrease werkwoord (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester1
    • diminish werkwoord (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • fall werkwoord (falls, fell, falling)
      • The cabin pressure fell dramatically1
      • her weight fell to under a hundred pounds1
      • his voice fell to a whisper1
    • lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  5. to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    to subside; to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    • subside werkwoord (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
      • The pain subsided1
    • lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  6. to lessen
    – make smaller 1
    to decrease; to lessen; minify
    – make smaller 1
    • decrease werkwoord (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • He decreased his staff1
    • lessen werkwoord (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • minify werkwoord

Conjugations for lessen:

present
  1. lessen
  2. lessen
  3. lessens
  4. lessen
  5. lessen
  6. lessen
simple past
  1. lessened
  2. lessened
  3. lessened
  4. lessened
  5. lessened
  6. lessened
present perfect
  1. have lessened
  2. have lessened
  3. has lessened
  4. have lessened
  5. have lessened
  6. have lessened
past continuous
  1. was lessening
  2. were lessening
  3. was lessening
  4. were lessening
  5. were lessening
  6. were lessening
future
  1. shall lessen
  2. will lessen
  3. will lessen
  4. shall lessen
  5. will lessen
  6. will lessen
continuous present
  1. am lessening
  2. are lessening
  3. is lessening
  4. are lessening
  5. are lessening
  6. are lessening
subjunctive
  1. be lessened
  2. be lessened
  3. be lessened
  4. be lessened
  5. be lessened
  6. be lessened
diverse
  1. lessen!
  2. let's lessen!
  3. lessened
  4. lessening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Verwante woorden van "lessen":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "lessen":


Antoniemen van "lessen":


Verwante definities voor "lessen":

  1. decrease in size, extent, or range1
  2. wear off or die down1
  3. make smaller1

lessen vorm van less:

less bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. less
    less; fewer
    • less bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • fewer bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  2. less
    more restricted; less; fewer
  3. less
    smaller; more restricted; shorter; less; fewer

less bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. less
    – (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree 1
    less
    – (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree 1
    • less bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • of less importance1
      • less time to spend with the family1
      • a shower uses less water1
      • less than three years old1
  2. less
    – (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer 1
    less
    – (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer 1
    • less bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • less than three weeks1
      • no less than 50 people attended1
      • in 25 words or less1
  3. less
    – (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality 1
    less
    – (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality 1
    • less bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • no less than perfect1

less bijwoord

  1. less
    – used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs 1
    less; to a lesser extent
    – used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs 1
  2. less
    – comparative of little 1
    less
    – comparative of little 1
    • less bijwoord
      • she walks less than she should1
      • he works less these days1

Verwante woorden van "less":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "less":


Antoniemen van "less":


Verwante definities voor "less":

  1. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree1
    • of less importance1
    • less time to spend with the family1
    • a shower uses less water1
    • less than three years old1
  2. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer1
    • less than three weeks1
    • no less than 50 people attended1
    • in 25 words or less1
  3. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality1
    • no less than perfect1
  4. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs1
    • less interesting1
    • less expensive1
    • less quickly1
  5. comparative of little1
    • she walks less than she should1
    • he works less these days1