Decrease

To decrease means to get smaller or to have less of something. For example, if you eat fewer cookies, the number of cookies you have decreases.

Examples

• When the temperature starts to decrease in the fall, we know it's time to wear warmer clothes.
• If we decrease the amount of sugar in our recipe, the cookies will be less sweet but still tasty.
• During our science experiment, we watched how the water level would decrease as it evaporated in the sun.

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