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Uitgebreide synoniemen voor lessening in het Engels

lessening:

lessening [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord

  1. the lessening
    the diminishing; the lessening
  2. the lessening
    – a change downward 1
    the decrease; the lessening; the drop-off
    – a change downward 1
    • decrease [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
      • there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided1
    • lessening [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
    • drop-off [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
      • there was a sharp drop-off in sales1

lessening bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. lessening
    decreasing; diminishing; fading; declining; abating; weakening; subsiding; lessening

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Verwante definities voor "lessening":

  1. a change downward1

lessening vorm van 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

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Verwante definities voor "lessen":

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