🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

कम करना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kam karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Decrease/dɪˈkriːs/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"हमें खर्च कम करना चाहिए।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make or become smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

    "The company plans to decrease its workforce to cut costs."
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of becoming smaller or less.

    "There was a noticeable decrease in temperature as the sun set."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'decrease' originates from the Latin 'decreasere', meaning 'to grow less', which evolved through Middle English as 'decresen'. The prefix 'de-' indicates removal or reversal, while 'crease' comes from 'crescere', meaning 'to grow'.

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