reduced adjective. [rɪ'dju:st] E17.
[formed as REDUCE + -ED¹.]
1. a. Of a person, his or her circumstances, etc.: impoverished. E17.
b. Military History. Of an officer: discharged from active service and put on half-pay. M17.
c. Weakened, impaired. L17.

2. Brought back. L17-E18.

3. a. Diminished in size or amount; spec. lowered in price. M18.
Observer 'Imperfects' offered at a..reduced price. Which? Reduced-fat spread..for most sorts of cookery.
b. Phonetics. Of a vowel sound: articulated less distinctly than a stressed vowel; weakened and centralized. L19.

4. (Of a metal) obtained by reducing the ore or oxide; (of a compound) having undergone reduction. L18.

5. Put into another form; changed, modified. M19.

► Earlier in UNREDUCED.

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