decreasing

Becoming smaller in size, number, or amount.

• We face decreasing demand.
• The birds have a decreasing population.
• List the numbers in decreasing order.

Similar words: falling, declining, shrinking

Opposites: increasing

Common phrases: decreasing numbers, decreasing demand, decreasing order

A change that makes a number, amount, or size smaller.

• The decreasing of volume was gradual.
• A steady decreasing of the flow followed.
• The decreasing of these values took several hours.

How to use it: the decreasing of something (The decreasing of pressure continued throughout the experiment.)

Similar words: decrease, reduction, decline

Opposites: increase

Common phrases: decreasing of something, gradual decreasing