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DERATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they derate ... he / she / it derates
Past simple: derated
-ing form: derating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "derate" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something