What does lessening mean?

Definitions for lessening
less·en·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decrease, lessening, drop-offnoun

    a change downward

    "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

Wiktionary

  1. lesseningnoun

    A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.

ChatGPT

  1. lessening

    Lessening is the act or process of reducing or decreasing something in size, quantity, intensity, value, or degree. It can refer to dropping the level or amount of any measurable item, or reducing the seriousness or intensity of a situation or condition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lessening

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lessening in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lessening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of lessening in a Sentence

  1. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

    Of course, there's a lot of work to be done to look at uptake of this vaccine. Some of the polls and surveys that have gone out to the public have indicated an ongoing lessening of parents considering giving United States these vaccines over time.

  2. Janet Audrain-McGovern:

    When we were thinking about this topic, we were kind of just reflecting on the fact that we have more tobacco products on the market now than ever, and we've seen cigarette smoking decline among young people, but we've seen increase in use of these other tobacco products. At the same time, we've also seen in many areas of the country a lessening of the restrictions surrounding marijuana use.

  3. Russ Dallaire:

    The body stiffened so hard he almost came out of the chair, and with each succeeding charge, the body jerked with lessening effect until there was none at all.

  4. Governor Phil Murphy:

    Having fewer than 5,000 people in the hospital for COVID-19 is a milestone, it means, among other things, that the stress on capacity is lessening.

  5. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

    We are planning and preparing for the rollout of pediatric vaccines. Of course, there's a lot of work to be done to look at uptake of The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Some of the polls and surveys that have gone out to the public have indicated an ongoing lessening of parents considering giving their children these vaccines over time.

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