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    to reduce

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    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
    We need to reduce our spending to balance the budget.
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To bring someone or something to (a worse or lower state or condition).
    The recipe can be reduced to a simpler version for beginners.
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo lose weight by dieting or exercising.
    She is trying to reduce by eating less sugar and exercising more.
    v.t.Transitive Verb(Chemistry) To cause a substance to gain electrons, or to decrease the positive valence or increase the negative valence of an element.
    The catalyst helps to reduce the metal oxide to its elemental form.
    v.t.Transitive Verb(Medicine) To restore a dislocated or fractured bone to its normal position.
    The doctor had to reduce the dislocated shoulder.

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    The Greatest Innovations In Formula One

    12:00The Greatest Innovations In Formula One
    • C-Type to reduce wear on the break and reduce braking distances,allowing it to take 3 of

      C-Type to reduce wear on the break and reduce braking distances,allowing it to take 3 of

    • This technology helped the Jaguar C-Type to reduce wear on the brake and reduce braking distances, allowing it to take 3 of the top 4 places in the 1953 24-hour Le Mans and has since saved thousands of lives in the real world due to their superior braking and reliability.

      This technology helped the Jaguar C-Type to reduce wear on the brake and reduce braking distances, allowing it to take 3 of the top 4 places in the 1953 24-hour Le Mans and has since saved thousands of lives in the real world due to their superior braking and reliability.

    B1

    What is Ethernet?

    09:11What is Ethernet?
    • CSMA-CD is used as a standard for Ethernet to reduce data collisions and increase successful data transmission.

      CSMA-CD is used as a standard for Ethernet to reduce data collisions and increase successful data transmission.

    • to reduce data collisions and increase successful data transmission.

      to reduce data collisions and increase successful data transmission.

    B2

    Impulse Buying: Why You Buy Stuff You Don't Need

    06:14Impulse Buying: Why You Buy Stuff You Don't Need
    • Since spendthrifts aren't pained anyway, ploys to reduce pain don't work as well on them.

      Since spendthrifts aren't pained anyway, ploys to reduce pain don't work as well on them.

    • But for half of the people, they called it the small $5 fee to reduce the pain of paying.

      But for half of the people, they called it the small $5 fee to reduce the pain of paying.

    B1

    Why Cat Bites Are Actually So Dangerous | RTC 35

    12:07Why Cat Bites Are Actually So Dangerous | RTC 35
    • Anna, did you ever wind up getting Botox in your armpits to reduce sweating?

      Anna, did you ever wind up getting Botox in your armpits to reduce sweating?

    • to reduce sweating?

      to reduce sweating?

    B1

    How screens actually affect your sleep

    06:39How screens actually affect your sleep
    • The idea is, right, they're trying to manipulate a lighting characteristic, which is the spectrum, to reduce the circuit effectiveness.

      The idea is, right, they're trying to manipulate a lighting characteristic, which is the spectrum, to reduce the circuit effectiveness.

    • to reduce the circadian effectiveness.

      to reduce the circadian effectiveness.

    B1

    The Truth Behind ‘Unlimited’ Vacation Plans

    04:05The Truth Behind ‘Unlimited’ Vacation Plans
    • Most of these so called perks are ways for companies to reduce liabilities, simply put their accounting tricks.

      Most of these so called perks are ways for companies to reduce liabilities, simply put their accounting tricks.

    • perks are ways for companies to reduce liabilities, simply put

      perks are ways for companies to reduce liabilities, simply put

    B1

    Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam

    10:46Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam
    • When you're microwaving a liquid, you don't need to reduce the power because heat transfers through liquids much more efficiently than it does through solids.

      When you're microwaving a liquid, you don't need to reduce the power because heat transfers through liquids much more efficiently than it does through solids.

    • you don't need to reduce the power,

      you don't need to reduce the power,

    B1

    How the discovery of DNA changed the world – and my life | BBC Ideas

    05:55How the discovery of DNA changed the world – and my life | BBC Ideas
    • And we are also starting to make new genetic materials, creating new synthetic proteins that could be used, for example, to help break down pollutants or to reduce greenhouse gases.

      And we are also starting to make new genetic materials, creating new synthetic proteins that could be used, for example, to help break down pollutants or to reduce greenhouse gases.

    • to help break down pollutants or to reduce greenhouse gases.

      to help break down pollutants or to reduce greenhouse gases.

    B2

    Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate

    31:01Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate
    • class. But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people. High-income

      class. But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people. High-income

    • But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people.

      But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people.

    B1

    How Your Birth Month Impacts Your Success

    07:10How Your Birth Month Impacts Your Success
    • However, what what we can is to try to reduce this effect on our younger generations.

      However, what what we can is to try to reduce this effect on our younger generations.

    A2