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lessen English

Meaning lessen meaning

What does lessen mean?
Definitions in simple English

lessen Verb

— If you lessen something, you make it less. — If something lessens it becomes less.

lessen

— verb (= decrease, fall) decrease in size, extent, or range The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester The cabin pressure fell dramatically her weight fell to under a hundred pounds his voice fell to a whisper — verb (= decrease) make smaller He decreased his staff — verb (= subside) wear off or die down The pain subsided

Synonyms lessen synonyms

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lessen English » English

decrease diminish reduce abate lower shrink subside ease dwindle shorten curtail alleviate decline abridge mitigate weaken wane soften drop assuage relieve moderate lighten contract slacken scale down minify fall bring down allay minimize make smaller go down downsize cut down cut become less abbreviate understate temper sink retrench relax recede palliate make small loosen fall off extenuate depreciate

Topics lessen topics

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Decrease

Conjugation lessen conjugation

How do you conjugate lessen?

lessen · verb

Examples lessen examples

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Simple sentences

Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts.
She tried to lessen her expenses.
I need medicine to lessen the pain.

Movie subtitles

Of course, but that doesn't lessen the hurt.
Lessen, Sheba!
Lessen!
Well you see, it isn't only the structure of the bomb that's the trouble, it's in the dropping of it - we muss lessen the force of the impact.
Okay, but the judge is eating. And knowing you don't eat won't lessen his appetite.
That's why they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day.
Can't we lessen the guilalanium's reflectivity?
I perhaps lessen my fault.
Your tender care afterwards, your constant attentions and your ardent love which neither time nor difficulties can lessen.
And it may lessen his guilt if I say that it was done entirely in self-defense, and that John Straker was a man quite unworthy of your trust.
It will lessen the impact of the wave.
Have this tonight, to lessen your burden of sorrow.
Well, I put a cloth over the strings to lessen the noise.
But every moment together will lessen it.
But if you mean, Wolf Pelt. that they were from some other part of your tribe. that does not lessen the responsibility of your chief.
Lessen you want to go with me.
These tanks are dropped when they reach the objective, so they don't lessen the plane's fighting efficiency.
Oh, by the way, gentlemen if you'll just put these in your ears, it'll lessen the concussion.
Ordinarily, this would lessen the duration of precipitation.
And knowing you don't eat won't lessen his appetite.
It might occur to him that this trip could lessen my chances to become a bishop.
I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to lessen my price to 8 and a half credits.
But only by means that don't lessen man's potential.
Come, keep me company. Lessen my boredom.
If it does not lessen, we will not arrive before the dawn.
You clear the lights and you lessen the speed, we removed one hour to them.
I'm going to lessen my price to 8 and a half credits.
A mortal sin and that the behavior of the gentleman in other circumstances would in no way alter or lessen your degree of sin.
This does not, however, lessen the value of you stupendous fantastic discovery.
And lessen the risk of shooting our own!
I put a cloth over the strings to lessen the noise.
I would not burden you, had I not, from my heart, believed it might, in time, lessen oursister'sregrets.
I would give the world to lessen your pain.
We're going to lessen security.
But they'd lessen if you faced the situation squarely.
We can't allow them to change us, to lessen us.
I did it for me. His death doesn't lessen my pain and it sure as hell doesn't give me back my son.

News and current affairs

True, his task was lighter, but that didn't lessen the weight of the burden.
While such policies might take decades to lessen Islamic terrorism, they may prevent radicalization in other developing countries.
Of course, countries that embrace the use of sanctions do not intend this, but that does not lessen their responsibility for the outcome.
Indeed, helicopter gun-ships and expensive crop replacement programs may provide TV-friendly images that politicians love, but do nothing to lessen the demand for drugs.
With a just and stable Israeli-Palestinian peace, Syria might be forced not only to withdraw its troops, but also to lessen its interference in Lebanese politics.
This will lessen the need felt by emerging economies for self-insurance against financial instability, by building up large reserves.
China could help to lessen growing tensions by recognizing these concerns as reasonable.
Many argue that we should act, even if such action will have no benefit for the next decades, because it will help lessen the impact of global warming by the century's end.
And can anyone believe, even fleetingly, that Russia's intervention will lessen, rather than aggravate, Syria's refugee crisis?
This propped up economic growth, while also boosting outlays for critical investments and social programs needed to lessen the hardships faced by the poorest people.
But this does not diminish the gravity of what is happening in Syria, or lessen the seriousness of Morell's warning.
However, this product did nothing to lessen the severity or duration of the condition, which over time leads to malnutrition, anemia, and other chronic health risks.
The need for such build-up would lessen if the IMF develops into an insurance-type of institution that has SDR credit lines readily available.
I cannot judge the strength of these factions, or whether they know that the falling US current account deficit and dollar may lessen the urgency of adjustment in the rest of the world, but not in China.
It could also help lessen the tendency of some governments to gravitate ever closer towards the booming Chinese economy.
In the coming years, a more fully-fledged service economy will be an essential ingredient to increase employment and lessen China's reliance on manufacturing.
But, however successful such efforts may be, they will enhance, not lessen, the importance of existing bilateral relationships, such as the Japan-US alliance.
If we are to lessen the horrors of the Syrian conflict and its consequences, we must think not only about emergency action to save lives, but also about meeting longer-term needs that make those lives worth living.

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