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Spell Bee Word: Reduce


What does reduce mean?

Word: Reduce

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Reduce means to make something smaller or less in amount, size, price or number.

Synonyms: lessen, decrease, cut

Antonyms: raise

How do you spell reduce?

Syllables: re - duce

Tricky part: The ending sounds like dyoos or doos, but it is spelt with a c and a final e, not se.

Watch out for: reduse, redoose, rediuce

Memory tip: C for cut, e for end: when you reduce something you cut it down, and the word ends c, e.

Reduce in a sentence

Example 1: Carrying a cloth bag helps reduce plastic waste.

Example 2: The shop reduced the price of school shoes before the new term.

Example 3: Slow down and reduce your speed near the school gate.

Fun Fact

In the waste slogan Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, reduce comes first, because waste that is never made does not need to be cleaned up later.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: reduce

a) lower
b) halve
c) increase
d) shrink

Show answer

c) increase. To increase is to make more; shrink, lower and halve all make things less.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cduere

a) ruled
b) crude
c) cured
d) reduce

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d) reduce. Cured, crude and ruled have five letters, while the jumble has six.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_d_ce

a) a, u
b) e, u
c) i, u
d) e, o

Show answer

b) e, u. It begins with re, as in return, and the middle has a long u.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) subtract
b) devide
c) measure
d) reduce

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b) devide. Divide starts with di, not de; reduce, subtract and measure are all spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To reduce noise in the library, students should ____.

a) speak in whispers
b) chat across the tables
c) read their books aloud
d) drag their chairs

Show answer

a) speak in whispers

2. A shop reduces the price of a pen from 20p to 15p. The price has ____.

a) gone down
b) doubled
c) gone up
d) stayed the same

Show answer

a) gone down

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: cut, raise

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