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Conjugation decrease conjugation
How do you conjugate decrease?
decrease · verb
Present I decrease
Positive I decrease
Singular
1st person I decrease
2nd person you decrease
3rd person he/she/it decreases
Plural
1st person we decrease
2nd person you decrease
3rd person they decrease
Negative I don't decrease
Singular
1st person I don't decrease I do not decrease
2nd person you don't decrease you do not decrease
3rd person he/she/it doesn't decrease he/she/it does not decrease
Plural
1st person we don't decrease we do not decrease
2nd person you don't decrease you do not decrease
3rd person they don't decrease they do not decrease
Question do I decrease?
Singular
1st person do I decrease?
2nd person do you decrease?
3rd person does he/she/it decrease?
Plural
1st person do we decrease?
2nd person do you decrease?
3rd person do they decrease?
Negative question don't I decrease?
Singular
1st person don't I decrease? do I not decrease?
2nd person don't you decrease? do you not decrease?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it decrease? does he/she/it not decrease?
Plural
1st person don't we decrease? do we not decrease?
2nd person don't you decrease? do you not decrease?
3rd person don't they decrease? do they not decrease?
Past I decreased
Positive I decreased
Singular
1st person I decreased
2nd person you decreased
3rd person he/she/it decreased
Plural
1st person we decreased
2nd person you decreased
3rd person they decreased
Negative I didn't decrease
Singular
1st person I didn't decrease I did not decrease
2nd person you didn't decrease you did not decrease
3rd person he/she/it didn't decrease he/she/it did not decrease
Plural
1st person we didn't decrease we did not decrease
2nd person you didn't decrease you did not decrease
3rd person they didn't decrease they did not decrease
Question did I decrease?
Singular
1st person did I decrease?
2nd person did you decrease?
3rd person did he/she/it decrease?
Plural
1st person did we decrease?
2nd person did you decrease?
3rd person did they decrease?
Negative question didn't I decrease?
Singular
1st person didn't I decrease? did I not decrease?
2nd person didn't you decrease? did you not decrease?
3rd person didn't he/she/it decrease? did he/she/it not decrease?
Plural
1st person didn't we decrease? did we not decrease?
2nd person didn't you decrease? did you not decrease?
3rd person didn't they decrease? did they not decrease?
Future I'll decrease
Positive I'll decrease
Singular
1st person I'll decrease I will decrease
2nd person you'll decrease you will decrease
3rd person he/she/it'll decrease he/she/it will decrease
Plural
1st person we'll decrease we will decrease
2nd person you'll decrease you will decrease
3rd person they'll decrease they will decrease
Negative I won't decrease
Singular
1st person I won't decrease I will not decrease
2nd person you won't decrease you will not decrease
3rd person he/she/it won't decrease he/she/it will not decrease
Plural
1st person we won't decrease we will not decrease
2nd person you won't decrease you will not decrease
3rd person they won't decrease they will not decrease
Question will I decrease?
Singular
1st person will I decrease?
2nd person will you decrease?
3rd person will he/she/it decrease?
Plural
1st person will we decrease?
2nd person will you decrease?
3rd person will they decrease?
Negative question won't I decrease?
Singular
1st person won't I decrease? will I not decrease?
2nd person won't you decrease? will you not decrease?
3rd person won't he/she/it decrease? will he/she/it not decrease?
Plural
1st person won't we decrease? will we not decrease?
2nd person won't you decrease? will you not decrease?
3rd person won't they decrease? will they not decrease?
Conditional I'd decrease
Positive I'd decrease
Singular
1st person I'd decrease I would decrease
2nd person you'd decrease you would decrease
3rd person he/she/it'd decrease he/she/it would decrease
Plural
1st person we'd decrease we would decrease
2nd person you'd decrease you would decrease
3rd person they'd decrease they would decrease
Negative I wouldn't decrease
Singular
1st person I wouldn't decrease I would not decrease
2nd person you wouldn't decrease you would not decrease
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't decrease he/she/it would not decrease
Plural
1st person we wouldn't decrease we would not decrease
2nd person you wouldn't decrease you would not decrease
3rd person they wouldn't decrease they would not decrease
Question would I decrease?
Singular
1st person would I decrease?
2nd person would you decrease?
3rd person would he/she/it decrease?
Plural
1st person would we decrease?
2nd person would you decrease?
3rd person would they decrease?
Negative question wouldn't I decrease?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I decrease? would I not decrease?
2nd person wouldn't you decrease? would you not decrease?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it decrease? would he/she/it not decrease?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we decrease? would we not decrease?
2nd person wouldn't you decrease? would you not decrease?
3rd person wouldn't they decrease? would they not decrease?
Present continuous I'm decreasing
Positive I'm decreasing
Singular
1st person I'm decreasing I am decreasing
2nd person you're decreasing you are decreasing
3rd person he/she/it's decreasing he/she/it is decreasing
Plural
1st person we're decreasing we are decreasing
2nd person you're decreasing you are decreasing
3rd person they're decreasing they are decreasing
Negative I'm not decreasing
Singular
1st person I'm not decreasing I am not decreasing
2nd person you aren't decreasing you're not decreasing you are not decreasing
3rd person he/she/it isn't decreasing he/she/it's not decreasing he/she/it is not decreasing
Plural
1st person we aren't decreasing we're not decreasing we are not decreasing
2nd person you aren't decreasing you're not decreasing you are not decreasing
3rd person they aren't decreasing they're not decreasing they are not decreasing
Question am I decreasing?
Singular
1st person am I decreasing?
2nd person are you decreasing?
3rd person is he/she/it decreasing?
Plural
1st person are we decreasing?
2nd person are you decreasing?
3rd person are they decreasing?
Negative question aren't I decreasing?
Singular
1st person aren't I decreasing? am I not decreasing?
2nd person aren't you decreasing? are you not decreasing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it decreasing? is he/she/it not decreasing?
Plural
1st person aren't we decreasing? are we not decreasing?
2nd person aren't you decreasing? are you not decreasing?
3rd person aren't they decreasing? are they not decreasing?
Past continuous I was decreasing
Positive I was decreasing
Singular
1st person I was decreasing
2nd person you were decreasing
3rd person he/she/it was decreasing
Plural
1st person we were decreasing
2nd person you were decreasing
3rd person they were decreasing
Negative I wasn't decreasing
Singular
1st person I wasn't decreasing I was not decreasing
2nd person you weren't decreasing you were not decreasing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't decreasing he/she/it was not decreasing
Plural
1st person we weren't decreasing we were not decreasing
2nd person you weren't decreasing you were not decreasing
3rd person they weren't decreasing they were not decreasing
Question was I decreasing?
Singular
1st person was I decreasing?
2nd person were you decreasing?
3rd person was he/she/it decreasing?
Plural
1st person were we decreasing?
2nd person were you decreasing?
3rd person were they decreasing?
Negative question wasn't I decreasing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I decreasing? was I not decreasing?
2nd person weren't you decreasing? were you not decreasing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it decreasing? was he/she/it not decreasing?
Plural
1st person weren't we decreasing? were we not decreasing?
2nd person weren't you decreasing? were you not decreasing?
3rd person weren't they decreasing? were they not decreasing?
Future continuous I'll be decreasing
Positive I'll be decreasing
Singular
1st person I'll be decreasing I will be decreasing
2nd person you'll be decreasing you will be decreasing
3rd person he/she/it'll be decreasing he/she/it will be decreasing
Plural
1st person we'll be decreasing we will be decreasing
2nd person you'll be decreasing you will be decreasing
3rd person they'll be decreasing they will be decreasing
Negative I won't be decreasing
Singular
1st person I won't be decreasing I will not be decreasing
2nd person you won't be decreasing you will not be decreasing
3rd person he/she/it won't be decreasing he/she/it will not be decreasing
Plural
1st person we won't be decreasing we will not be decreasing
2nd person you won't be decreasing you will not be decreasing
3rd person they won't be decreasing they will not be decreasing
Question will I be decreasing?
Singular
1st person will I be decreasing?
2nd person will you be decreasing?
3rd person will he/she/it be decreasing?
Plural
1st person will we be decreasing?
2nd person will you be decreasing?
3rd person will they be decreasing?
Negative question won't I be decreasing?
Singular
1st person won't I be decreasing? will I not be decreasing?
2nd person won't you be decreasing? will you not be decreasing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be decreasing? will he/she/it not be decreasing?
Plural
1st person won't we be decreasing? will we not be decreasing?
2nd person won't you be decreasing? will you not be decreasing?
3rd person won't they be decreasing? will they not be decreasing?
Conditional continuous I'd be decreasing
Positive I'd be decreasing
Singular
1st person I'd be decreasing I would be decreasing
2nd person you'd be decreasing you would be decreasing
3rd person he/she/it'd be decreasing he/she/it would be decreasing
Plural
1st person we'd be decreasing we would be decreasing
2nd person you'd be decreasing you would be decreasing
3rd person they'd be decreasing they would be decreasing
Negative I wouldn't be decreasing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be decreasing I would not be decreasing
2nd person you wouldn't be decreasing you would not be decreasing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be decreasing he/she/it would not be decreasing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be decreasing we would not be decreasing
2nd person you wouldn't be decreasing you would not be decreasing
3rd person they wouldn't be decreasing they would not be decreasing
Question would I be decreasing?
Singular
1st person would I be decreasing?
2nd person would you be decreasing?
3rd person would he/she/it be decreasing?
Plural
1st person would we be decreasing?
2nd person would you be decreasing?
3rd person would they be decreasing?
Negative question wouldn't I be decreasing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be decreasing? would I not be decreasing?
2nd person wouldn't you be decreasing? would you not be decreasing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be decreasing? would he/she/it not be decreasing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be decreasing? would we not be decreasing?
2nd person wouldn't you be decreasing? would you not be decreasing?
3rd person wouldn't they be decreasing? would they not be decreasing?
Present perfect I've decreased
Positive I've decreased
Singular
1st person I've decreased I have decreased
2nd person you've decreased you have decreased
3rd person he/she/it's decreased he/she/it has decreased
Plural
1st person we've decreased we have decreased
2nd person you've decreased you have decreased
3rd person they've decreased they have decreased
Negative I haven't decreased
Singular
1st person I haven't decreased I have not decreased
2nd person you haven't decreased you have not decreased
3rd person he/she/it hasn't decreased he/she/it has not decreased
Plural
1st person we haven't decreased we have not decreased
2nd person you haven't decreased you have not decreased
3rd person they haven't decreased they have not decreased
Question have I decreased?
Singular
1st person have I decreased?
2nd person have you decreased?
3rd person has he/she/it decreased?
Plural
1st person have we decreased?
2nd person have you decreased?
3rd person have they decreased?
Negative question haven't I decreased?
Singular
1st person haven't I decreased? have I not decreased?
2nd person haven't you decreased? have you not decreased?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it decreased? has he/she/it not decreased?
Plural
1st person haven't we decreased? have we not decreased?
2nd person haven't you decreased? have you not decreased?
3rd person haven't they decreased? have they not decreased?
Past perfect I had decreased
Positive I had decreased
Singular
1st person I had decreased
2nd person you had decreased
3rd person he/she/it had decreased
Plural
1st person we had decreased
2nd person you had decreased
3rd person they had decreased
Negative I hadn't decreased
Singular
1st person I hadn't decreased I had not decreased
2nd person you hadn't decreased you had not decreased
3rd person he/she/it hadn't decreased he/she/it had not decreased
Plural
1st person we hadn't decreased we had not decreased
2nd person you hadn't decreased you had not decreased
3rd person they hadn't decreased they had not decreased
Question had I decreased?
Singular
1st person had I decreased?
2nd person had you decreased?
3rd person had he/she/it decreased?
Plural
1st person had we decreased?
2nd person had you decreased?
3rd person had they decreased?
Negative question hadn't I decreased?
Singular
1st person hadn't I decreased? had I not decreased?
2nd person hadn't you decreased? had you not decreased?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it decreased? had he/she/it not decreased?
Plural
1st person hadn't we decreased? had we not decreased?
2nd person hadn't you decreased? had you not decreased?
3rd person hadn't they decreased? had they not decreased?
Future perfect I'll have decreased
Positive I'll have decreased
Singular
1st person I'll have decreased I will have decreased
2nd person you'll have decreased you will have decreased
3rd person he/she/it'll have decreased he/she/it will have decreased
Plural
1st person we'll have decreased we will have decreased
2nd person you'll have decreased you will have decreased
3rd person they'll have decreased they will have decreased
Negative I won't have decreased
Singular
1st person I won't have decreased I will not have decreased
2nd person you won't have decreased you will not have decreased
3rd person he/she/it won't have decreased he/she/it will not have decreased
Plural
1st person we won't have decreased we will not have decreased
2nd person you won't have decreased you will not have decreased
3rd person they won't have decreased they will not have decreased
Question +'ll I have decreased?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have decreased? will I have decreased?
2nd person +'ll you have decreased? will you have decreased?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have decreased? will he/she/it have decreased?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have decreased? will we have decreased?
2nd person +'ll you have decreased? will you have decreased?
3rd person +'ll they have decreased? will they have decreased?
Negative question won't I have decreased?
Singular
1st person won't I have decreased? will I not have decreased?
2nd person won't you have decreased? will you not have decreased?
3rd person won't he/she/it have decreased? will he/she/it not have decreased?
Plural
1st person won't we have decreased? will we not have decreased?
2nd person won't you have decreased? will you not have decreased?
3rd person won't they have decreased? will they not have decreased?
Conditional perfect I'd have decreased
Positive I'd have decreased
Singular
1st person I'd have decreased I would have decreased
2nd person you'd have decreased you would have decreased
3rd person he/she/it'd have decreased he/she/it would have decreased
Plural
1st person we'd have decreased we would have decreased
2nd person you'd have decreased you would have decreased
3rd person they'd have decreased they would have decreased
Negative I wouldn't have decreased
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have decreased I would not have decreased
2nd person you wouldn't have decreased you would not have decreased
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have decreased he/she/it would not have decreased
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have decreased we would not have decreased
2nd person you wouldn't have decreased you would not have decreased
3rd person they wouldn't have decreased they would not have decreased
Question would I have decreased?
Singular
1st person would I have decreased?
2nd person would you have decreased?
3rd person would he/she/it have decreased?
Plural
1st person would we have decreased?
2nd person would you have decreased?
3rd person would they have decreased?
Negative question wouldn't I have decreased?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have decreased? would I not have decreased?
2nd person wouldn't you have decreased? would you not have decreased?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have decreased? would he/she/it not have decreased?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have decreased? would we not have decreased?
2nd person wouldn't you have decreased? would you not have decreased?
3rd person wouldn't they have decreased? would they not have decreased?
Imperative decrease!
Positive
you decrease!
we let's decrease!
Negative
you don't decrease!
we let's not decrease!
Examples decrease examples
How do I use decrease in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Green vegetation is on the decrease on Earth.
That custom is on the decrease.
This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.
It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.
Sudden decrease in appetite is sometimes a sign of illness.
What should you do to decrease your debt?
They should decrease the sugar in these muffins.
I would like to drastically decrease the amount of time it takes me to clean the house.
Canadian wheat prices are forecast to decrease.
The competitiveness of French companies continues to decrease.
As the market price decreases, the quantity demanded will increase and the quantity supplied will decrease.
You can't decrease the size of this file without losing quality.
The decrease in crime can be attributed to several factors.
You can increase or decrease the size of your character's ears by moving the Ear slider to the left or right.
Movie subtitles
If they would rather die, they'd better do it and decrease the surplus population.
If he be like to die, he better do it and decrease the surplus population.
Because people decrease in height during the day.
Firstly, money can increase or decrease in value.
But decrease the dosage slowly.
No decrease in speed.
At the present rate of decrease, we'll have to wait at least 17 hours more before we can even attempt to enter orbit.
We all know that there's been a steady uniform decrease in radiation during the past hundred and seventy-two years.
So? -There is no corresponding decrease.
I would never just make one muscle increase or decrease. Because everything fits together now.
Decrease your rate of descent.
Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can steal them, and no moth can destroy them.
And when you do that, it calls on something in human nature that makes his hatred for you decrease and his respect increase.
I want people not money decrease.
Decrease!
No decrease in speed. - 40.
At the present rate of decrease, we'll have to wait at least 17 hours more - before we even attempt to enter orbit.
This can cause a decrease in lift and your plane could stall.
I would never just make one muscle increase or decrease.
Despaul tries to decrease his inner conflict by helping his victim.
I'll decrease speed.
At a rally of the Anti-Sex League in Victory Square held to celebrate a 50 per cent decrease in civil marriages, over 10,000 Party women took a vow of celibacy and pledged themselves as vessels.
Improved diet has been responsible for a dramatic decrease in rickets.
You were afraid you'd decrease its value.
The average age of humanity increases. those of the doctors decrease.
The top authorities have found a decrease in aIms-box returns.
Yes, he looks better. Continue the treatment for 48 hours But decrease the dosage slowly.
That is an enormous decrease.
There is no corresponding decrease.
Well, if they would rather die, perhaps they had better do so and decrease the surplus population.
At a rally of the Anti-Sex League in Victory Square tonight. held to celebrate a 50-percent decrease in civil marriages. over 10,000 Party women took a vow of celibacy. and pledged themselves as vessels for the artificial insemination..
The Fed is expanding the money supply, so I would. move to decrease our cash position, increase stock equity.
There are some pills that he could have which would decrease the frequency of the attacks.
News and current affairs
We can, however, decrease their frequency; we can make them shallower; we can ensure that fewer people are hurt and that those that get hurt are better protected.
How can growth be revived when austerity will almost surely mean a further decrease in aggregate demand, sending output and employment even lower?
The US views an opening to Turkey as a way to decrease Armenia's real and imagined reliance on Russia.
Romney's fiscal plan thus reduces deficits sufficiently to decrease the debt-to-GDP ratio.
Stock prices did, of course, decrease as a result of the Asian panic and its financial ramifications, but America's stock markets have since then recouped all of their initial losses and even moved on to new record highs.
Many inside and outside of Germany declare that both austerity and more growth are needed, and that more emphasis on growth does not mean any decrease in austerity.
If China continues on this path, its external surplus will decrease further, other conditions being equal.
At the same time, the rest of Europe would export more, GDP would increase, and unemployment would decrease.
One proposed solution is for these countries to engineer the equivalent of a devaluation - a uniform decrease in wages.
At first, the 1990s brought a decrease in politically directed psychiatry.
Second, high rates also decrease firms' desire to carry inventories (think of oil held in tanks).
But speculators are thinking ahead and shifting out of commodities today in anticipation of future higher interest rates in 2015; the result has been to bring next year's price decrease forward to today.
The main role of antioxidants is to prevent oxidative damage to cellular components, so it has been proposed that dietary antioxidants decrease such damage and with it the risk of disease.
Only the flowering of Taiwan's democracy in recent years saw a decrease in domestic spying.
America's net exports will have to increase, meaning that the net exports of China, Japan, and other surplus countries will consequently decrease.
Without domestic structural change, currency appreciation would not only undermine exports, but might also decrease imports, owing to higher unemployment and lower income.
The trials that have shown a significant decrease in mortality are usually older, and other factors have compromised the results.
As a result, the Chinese will be able to allow the renminbi to rise substantially against the dollar if they want to raise its overall global value in order to decrease China's portfolio risk and rein in inflationary pressure.
Throughout this period, the ability to overcome the most common side effect of cancer drugs, myelosuppression (a decrease in blood counts), improved dramatically.
Individual farmers do not need any bureaucratic directive to decide whether to plant more potatoes: an increase in prices creates an incentive to plant more potatoes; a decrease in prices is a signal that they should plant less.
Conversely, a decrease in the stock price of steel manufacturers leads entrepreneurs to liquidate existing plants and dissuades investors from committing more resources to the sector.
But in America and elsewhere, there has been a marked decrease in security.