how to pronounce уменьшить

/ʊˈmʲenʲʂɨtʲ/

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уменьшить is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of уменьшить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… мы можем либо уменьшить нашу картинку …”

meanings of уменьшить

verb:

To diminish, to decrease, to lessen, to reduce, to abate.

уменьшить frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word уменьшить occurs in russian on average 13.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.