The meaning of REDUCE is to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate. How to use reduce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Reduce.

REDUCED definition: made smaller, lower, or less; diminished. See examples of reduced used in a sentence.

If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.

REDUCED definition: less than before or less than usual: . Learn more.

Definition of reduce verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness: disease that reduced the patient to emaciation; teasing that reduced the child to tears.

to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: reduced the speed of the car. to treat (something complicated) by analyzing smaller parts: reduced the problem to its essentials.