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by **dokyoung** on Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:04 am

I think you'd better reduce smoking by a few degrees.

The word means decrease or cut down. This sentence means stoping smoke by cut down smoking time.

by **Soon Mi** on Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:37 pm

Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.

to make costs less in price by 20%

by **ji-eun** on Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:57 pm

I want to reduce my weight.

means decrease or make less my weight.

by **mi-lye** on Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:26 am

His illness reduced him to a skeleton.

ㅡThis means he is very thin as his illness. 'Reduce' in this sentence means 'weaken', or 'grow weakness'.

by **Jason M. Ham** on Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:09 am

The town was reduced to ashes by the volcano.

It means the town was destroyed; lessened or lowered to nothing but ash. :shock:

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