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reduce
Verb
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If something is reduced, it has been brought down or made smaller.
The new computer system should reduce the number of problems.
This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?
Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease.
Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days.
Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent.
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If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
price
Noun
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The amount of money you need to pay to buy something.
The price of this book is ten dollars.