[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.:During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.Synonyms: abate , contract , decline , lessen , wane Antonyms: expand , increase"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make less; cause to diminish:to decrease one's work load."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act or process of decreasing ;condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:a decrease in sales;a decrease in intensity.Synonyms: subsidence , decline , abatement", "the amount by which a thing is lessened:The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent."]}]