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Dwindle

To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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Diminish 76% connected

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Lessen 76% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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Addition noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Average adjective · 78% connection

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

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Beggarly adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Centile noun · 78% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Declination noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decline noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

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Effect noun · 78% connection

an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in h…

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Frequency noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

the relative frequency of occurrence of something

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Magnitude noun · 78% connection

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the m…

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Mean adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Percentile noun · 78% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Abort verb · 78% connection

To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

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Absume verb · 78% connection

To consume gradually; to waste away.

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Break verb · 78% connection

To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.

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Canker verb · 78% connection

To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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Chip verb · 78% connection

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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Consume verb · 78% connection

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: diminish, less, shrink, waste, consume.
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Corrade verb · 78% connection

To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

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Corrode verb · 78% connection

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong ac…

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Corrupt verb · 78% connection

To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

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Deliquate verb · 78% connection

To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste.

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Devour verb · 78% connection

To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihila…

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Disaffect verb · 78% connection

To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.

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