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View synonyms for decreasing

decreasing

[ dih-kree-sing ]

adjective

  1. becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
  2. Mathematics. (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is less than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nonincreasing. Compare increasing ( def 2 ).


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Other Words From

  • de·creasing·ly adverb
  • unde·creasing adjective
  • unde·creasing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of decreasing1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; decrease, -ing 2

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