decrease-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: diminish, lessen

Examples:
The atmosphere decreases as you go higher.
The deficit was decreased by 20 percent with the booming economy.
They will be decreasing the staff in three departments next month.

Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6-1,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Change_position_on_a_scale,Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
PropBank: decrease.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2