Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] รอนๆ [ADJ] fading, See also: lessening, Example: เราออกมาจากป่า ขณะที่พระอาทิตย์ส่องแสงรอนๆ, Thai definition: อ่อนแสง (ใช้แก่พระอาทิตย์เวลาใกล้ค่ำ) การผ่อนปรน [N] lessening, See also: flexibility; lightness; relief; looseness; leniency; alleviation, Syn. การลดหย่อน, การยอมให้, การผ่อนให้, การยืดหยุ่น, Thai definition: การแบ่งหนักให้เป็นเบา, การเอาไปทีละน้อย, การขยับขยายให้เบาบางลง

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) lessening (v) (l e1 s n i ng)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary LESSENING L EH1 S AH0 N IH0 NG

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary verringernd lessening [Add to Longdo]

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lessen \Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessened}
     (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessening}.] [From {Less}, a.]
     To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
     diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
     population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
           conspired to lessen it.                  --Atterbury.
  
     Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
          weaken; degrade.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lessening \lessening\ adj.
     becoming less in dimension or degree; as, the lessening
     distance between us.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lessening \lessening\ n.
     a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.
  
     Syn: decrease, drop-off.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  lessening
      n : a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature
          as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in
          sales" [syn: {decrease}, {drop-off}] [ant: {increase}]

From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:

  lessening [lesniŋ]
     vermindernd; verringernd
  

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