gradual decrease
collocation in Englishmeanings of gradual and decrease
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gradual
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
(Definition of gradual and decrease from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of gradual decrease
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In actuality, there is a gradual decrease in these kinds of activities as men begin the preparations for planting.
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Over the period the newspaper experienced a gradual decrease in the average length of its crime reports.
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This recurrent infection of the planting material has lead to a gradual decrease in yield over the years.
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The gradual decrease in torque after 600 s is associated with irreversible shear degradation of the fluid sample.
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The course of infection was an initial high parasitaemia, followed by a gradual decrease in numbers, though trypanosomes were still detectable 10 months after inoculation.
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On follow-up, persisting thrombus showed a gradual decrease in size up to the point of its disappearance into the aneurysmal wall.
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After 4 days, there was a gradual decrease in the left atrial filling pressure.
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If the wavelength is reduced further, the same figures show a gradual decrease in the degree of stability.
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A gradual decrease of transfer errors resulted except for no data for leaf setting which was newly identified.
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A gradual decrease in the seedling vigour index was recorded for both water and butenolide-primed seeds with increased seed storage at room temperature.
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Attempts to wean were undertaken after 48 hours, with a gradual decrease of flow until it was possible to decannulate.
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From 1965 there was a gradual decrease in the preoperative mortality to 20% in 1979-83.
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At the second (data 1996) and the third evaluation(data 1997) a gradual decrease of errors at simulation was seen.
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The dust shows a gradual decrease in thermal energy.
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However, as the causeway extended westward, the level of the walking surface was raised to compensate for the gradual decrease in elevation of the natural terrain.
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The regularity in the cohorts' curves exists because the main cause of change to each of their populations is the gradual decrease in numbers with increasing age through death.
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Second, it seems logical to posit that the pragmatic approach would predict a gradual decrease of (illicit) null objects as the discursive conditions in which they are licensed are acquired.
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From a diachronic point of view, the coexistence of adjectival and pronominal forms can be seen as the result of a gradual decrease of inflectional variation.
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a person who is very shy or modest and does not like to attract attention
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