réduire
Meanings
Verb
1. to reduce (transitive)
2. to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures, etc.) (transitive)
3. to reduce (someone) (transitive)
4. to reduce (something) (transitive)
5. to reduce, set (transitive, medicine)
6. to reduce (transitive, chemistry, cooking)
7. to capture (a place), to quell (opposition etc.) (transitive, military)
8. to amount to, to come down to (pronominal)
Examples131
Je les ai réduits en esclavage.
I reduced them to slavery.
La maison fut réduite en cendres.
The house was reduced to ashes.
Alors ça c'est réduit à cela.
So it has come to this.
Si vous réduisez le prix, je l'achèterai.
If you reduce the price, I'll buy it.
Si tu réduis le prix, je l'achète.
If you reduce the price, I'll buy it.
L'entreprise réduit ses activités en Chine.
The company is winding down its operations in China.