Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with decrease in American Collocation
decrease
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈkris/
quickly or to a large extent
considerably
dramatically
greatly
markedly
rapidly
significantly
substantially
The mortality rates of many cancers have decreased significantly in recent decades.
gradually or to a slight extent
gradually
progressively
slightly
slowly
steadily
Foreign aid has been steadily decreasing since 1992.
number
size
value
Later that month the pound decreased in value by 20 per cent.