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What does decrease mean?

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Verb

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.

Noun

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).

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