attrition

desgaste, reducción gradual

Disminución progresiva del número o la fuerza porque las personas se marchan o los recursos se agotan.

En inglés sencillo: A gradual fall in numbers or strength as people leave or resources are used up.

• Staff attrition has increased this year.
• The team lost members through attrition.
• Years of fighting became a war of attrition.

Sinónimos: gradual loss, depletion

Expresiones frecuentes: staff attrition, attrition rate, war of attrition

desgastar, abrasionar

Desgastar algo mediante el roce o la trituración.

En inglés sencillo: To wear something down by rubbing or grinding it.

• Repeated contact can attrition the surface.
• The grinding process attritioned the rock into smaller particles.
• Constant rubbing had attritioned the edges of the sample.

Sinónimos: wear down, abrade

Expresiones frecuentes: attrition the rock, attrition a surface, attrition the teeth

disminuir, reducirse

Reducirse en número porque algunos miembros se marchan o se pierden.

En inglés sencillo: To become smaller in number as members leave or are lost.

• The group began to attrition after the first month.
• The original cohort attritioned to forty participants.
• Student numbers had attritioned steadily throughout the course.

Cómo se usa: attrition to a number (The group attritioned to twenty members by December.)

Sinónimos: dwindle, decrease

Antónimos: increase, grow

Expresiones frecuentes: attrition to something, attrition over time, attrition gradually