Decrease

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DEC
Pronunciation
/ˈdiˌkris/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Population growth is decreasing by 1.4 % each year
  2. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
  3. The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96
  4. Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1 % last week
  5. Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking

Other meanings of DEC