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Noun lessening has 1 sense
- decrease, lessening, drop-off - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
--1 is a kind of change, alteration, modification
--1 has particulars:
Verb lessen has 3 senses
- decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--1 is one way to change magnitude
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- subside, lessen - wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
--3 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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