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Adjective decreased has 1 sense
  1. decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree
    Antonyms: increased, accrued, accumulated, augmented, enhanced, hyperbolic, exaggerated, magnified, enlarged, raised, inflated, redoubled, multiplied
,Verb decrease has 2 senses
  1. decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
    --1 is one way to change magnitude
    Antonyms: increase
    Derived forms: noun decrease4, noun decrease3, noun decrease2, noun decrease1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: increase
    Derived form: noun decrease1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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