lessening
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈlɛsənɪŋ/
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reducción
- There has been a noticeable lessening of pollution levels in the river since the new regulations were introduced.
- the lessening of competition
- the lessening of tension
- substantial lessening
Examples
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In a project requiring the complete backing of all those involved, any lessening of commitment will affect the final program.
Academic text (1991) -
What you saw was more and more content fewer and fewer limits on that content, and a lessening of standards.
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Nothing had changed beyond the lessening of the pain.
Fiction book (1991) -
Another factor that has changed the context of human resources development is the lessening of the role of the unions.
Academic text (1996) -
Pleasure can come about from a removal or a lessening or a privation of pain.
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For a moment, Egwene felt a lessening of tension.
Fiction book (1991) -
The world has witnessed a lessening of tension in several troubled theaters in the recent past.
Academic text (1995) -
I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.
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Since 1985, all indicators show a lessening of superpower activity in the third world.
Academic text (1990) -
The end of the Korean War in 1953 also led to a lessening of anxieties about subversion.
Blog text (31)
Synonyms
451
3.2
A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price
84
2.2
A drop in amount or number
34
4.4
A process of becoming smaller in size or amount
10
3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
8
4.1
Becoming thinner or more limited in range
7
3.2
A decrease in size, amount, or value
5
5.1
A decrease in size, amount, or value
5
5.5
The act of making something as small as possible
5
7.9
A decrease in size, amount, or importance
4
6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
3
4.6
A decrease in amount or level, for example moving to a lower job
2
4.0
A drop in the number or amount of something
1
5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
1
5.6
A change when something becomes less tight, strong, or intense
1
7.7
A small reduction in an amount or number
To make something less in amount, value, or level
A slow reduction in size or amount done in stages
A process that makes a person or thing less strong
Making something smaller in size so it fits into a small space
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lessening comes from the simple word less, meaning 'not as much', and the verb lessen, meaning 'to make smaller'. So a lessening is a reduction or the act of becoming 'smaller' in amount, degree, or strength.