English Dictionary
Definition decrease in British English
decrease
noun
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
[countable/uncountable]
noun
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
Don’t use decrease of when you want to talk about what is decreasing. Use decrease in:
✗ The experiment has not led to the expected decrease of crime.
✓ The experiment has not led to the expected decrease in crime.
✗ There has been a decrease of the birth rate in the industrialized world.
✓ There has been a decrease in the birth rate in the industrialized world.
Use decrease of with a number or percentage, when you want to talk about the amount by which something decreases:
These emissions show a decrease of 21 per cent over the past five years.
➡ increase
