Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: reducing
IPA transcription: [ɹɪd'usɪŋ]
Pronunciations of reducing
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: reduction, reducing
    Meaning: any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
Usage examples
  • The task of deflating these controversies, and reducing them to a point where they can be reported as news, is not a task which the reporter can perform.
  • Lord Belpher, for example, though he limped rather painfully, showed nothing of the baffled fury which was reducing his weight at the rate of ounces a day.
  • These latter rolls were also face-lined with chilled-iron plates; but, unlike the larger ones, were positively driven, reducing the rock to pieces of about one-half-inch size, or smaller.
  • The burning of the palace was, in fact, a fortunate circumstance, as it afforded a pretext for reducing the establishment of the household, which was far too great for the revenue of the Crown.
  • Large families were the rule among the capable pioneers of America; now they are rare except in the lower industrial ranks. Democracy and opportunity are favoring this process of increasing the mediocre and reducing the excellent strains of stock.
  • Yet through these same centuries they had been busily engaged in the extermination of "weaklings," whom, by their very persecutions, they had turned into "super men," now rising in mighty wrath to destroy them; and in reducing themselves to the depths of softening vice and flabby moral fiber.
  • The present generals, they thought, were more desirous of protracting than finishing the war; and having entertained a scheme for preserving still some balance in the constitution, they were afraid of entirely subduing the king, and reducing him to a condition where he should not be entitled to ask any concessions.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ronald Reagan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Economy of Ontario, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Space elevator, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hydrogen, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Glasses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fleet vehicle, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fossil fuel, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Humpback whale, License CC BY-SA 4.0