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Synonyms for lessening in English

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Detailed Synonyms for lessening in English

lessening:

lessening [the ~] noun

  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 ~] noun
      • there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided1
    • lessening [the ~] noun
    • drop-off [the ~] noun
      • there was a sharp drop-off in sales1

lessening adj

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

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Related Definitions for "lessening":

  1. a change downward1

lessen:

to lessen verb (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 verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • mark down verb (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 verb (abates, abated, abating)
      • The storm abated1
    to weaken
    – become weaker 1
    • weaken verb (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 verb (enervates, enervated, enervating)
    to enfeeble
    – make weak 1
    • enfeeble verb (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 verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • drop verb (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 verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester1
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • fall verb (falls, fell, falling)
      • The cabin pressure fell dramatically1
      • her weight fell to under a hundred pounds1
      • his voice fell to a whisper1
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  5. to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    to subside; to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    • subside verb (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
      • The pain subsided1
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  6. to lessen
    – make smaller 1
    to decrease; to lessen; minify
    – make smaller 1
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • He decreased his staff1
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • minify verb

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!
  5. lessened
  6. lessening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

lessen

  1. lessen
    diminish; reduce; lessen

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Related Definitions for "lessen":

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







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