Hyphenation of reduces

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word reduces ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of reduces :

1.	Cut down on Make a reduction in Reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits
2.	Make less complex Reduce a problem to a single question
3.	Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition He reduced the population to slavery
4.	Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5.	Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation She reduced her niece to a servant
6.	Be the essential element The proposal boils down to a compromise
7.	Reduce in size Reduce physically Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
8.	Lessen and make more modest Reduce one's standard of living
9.	Make smaller Reduce an image
10.	To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
11.	Narrow or limit Reduce the influx of foreigners
12.	Put down by force or intimidation The government quashes any attempt of an uprising China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
13.	Undergo meiosis The cells reduce
14.	Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15.	Destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
16.	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements The manuscript must be shortened
17.	Be cooked until very little liquid is left The sauce should reduce to one cup
18.	Cook until very little liquid is left The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
19.	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture Cut bourbon
20.	Take off weight

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.