Compound
Compound verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: we compounded our error by waiting too long to call for help
Nearby Words: compounded, compounding
Reduce
Reduce verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade
Common collocations
| ability | compound ability | reduce ability |
| amount | compound amount | reduce amount |
| difficulty | compound difficulty | reduce difficulty |
| damage | compound damage | reduce damage |
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Reduce and Compound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/reduce
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Reduce or Compound. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/reduce.
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