🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

reducción

Pronunciation / Transliteration: re.ðukˈsjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reduction/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Buscan una reducción en el consumo de energía."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

    "The company announced a significant reduction in staff to cut operational costs."
  2. 2

    A chemical reaction involving the gaining of electrons or the removal of oxygen.

    "In electrochemistry, reduction occurs at the cathode where electrons are added to a substance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'reduction' originates from the Latin 'reductio', meaning 'a bringing back'. It evolved through Middle English, retaining the sense of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

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