immediate reduction

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandreduction

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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reduction
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
us
/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmediate reduction

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This first isimmediatereductionin unnecessary suffering.
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However, exposure to cadmium induced animmediatereductionin the daily cercarial emergence rate (fig. 4).
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Animmediatereductionin arms expenditure could be made in that region.
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These products are covered by the import deposit scheme which is designed to secure someimmediatereductionin imports.
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The approved societies are faced with animmediatereductionof income.
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Is the answer in the negative as regards theimmediatereductionor the large?
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That is not necessarily with a view to animmediatereduction.
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Is he therefore opposing theimmediatereductionin the arms programme?
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There is an overwhelming case for animmediatereductionin interest rates.
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Theimmediatereductionin staff will be two artists, both of whom are over 70 years of age.
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Therefore, we are asking not for animmediatereductionbut for a review.
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That obviously led to animmediatereductionin the quality of the service to the public and the county.
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It will mean animmediatereductionof between £5,000 and £10,000 a year, and eventually more.
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It is clear, therefore, that theimmediatereductionto 52 hours is better than the average which has been in existence.
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Secondly, there must be a real, substantial andimmediatereductionof armaments.
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Now they reject our demand for animmediatereduction, which means a reduction after planning has taken place.
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Rational policy would then imply a rise in the deficit, not animmediatereduction.
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The addition of biofuels enablesimmediatereductionin pollution thanks to their zero sulphur compound content and their capacity to improve combustion.
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In our submission what we need above all is a substantial andimmediatereductionin the numbers of men and women serving custodial sentences.
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Therefore, we shall not make that senselessimmediatereductionin our forces that we did at the conclusion of hostilities in 1918 to 1919.
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