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Turn off the lights to reduce energy use.
What does Reduce mean?
To make less or smaller.
Dictionary definition
To make something smaller, less, or fewer.
Example sentences
Reduce in a sentence
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The chart showed how planting trees can reduce heat in the area.
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Writers often reduce extra words to make a sentence clearer.
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Practice 1
What does reduce mean?
Reduce means to make less or smaller.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to reduce?
Decrease is close to reduce in this main meaning.
Practice 3
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: Turn off the lights to ____ energy use.
Reduce best completes the sentence.
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ri · doos · strongest beat: doos
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WordReduce.
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MeaningReduce means To make less or smaller.
ExampleExample: Turn off the lights to reduce energy use.
Word breakdown
2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- ri · doos
- Strongest beat
- doos
- Ending
- doos
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on doos.
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Hint for students
To make less or smaller.
Common mix-up
Reduce is not the same as increase. Reduce means to make less or smaller.
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Read this model sentence: The chart showed how planting trees can reduce heat in the area. Clue words: chart, showed, how. Underline clue words that show why reduce fits instead of increase. Now write one new sentence that shows reduce without using the word reduce. Ask: Does my sentence clearly show reduce?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The chart showed how planting trees can reduce heat in the area." Why does reduce fit better than increase?
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