attrition

attrition, érosion

Une baisse progressive du nombre ou de la force, liée aux départs de personnes ou à l’épuisement des ressources.

En anglais simple : A gradual fall in numbers or strength as people leave or resources are used up.

• Staff attrition has increased this year.
• The team lost members through attrition.
• Years of fighting became a war of attrition.

Synonymes : gradual loss, depletion

Expressions courantes : staff attrition, attrition rate, war of attrition

user, abraser

User quelque chose en le frottant ou en le broyant.

En anglais simple : To wear something down by rubbing or grinding it.

• Repeated contact can attrition the surface.
• The grinding process attritioned the rock into smaller particles.
• Constant rubbing had attritioned the edges of the sample.

Synonymes : wear down, abrade

Expressions courantes : attrition the rock, attrition a surface, attrition the teeth

diminuer, se réduire

Devenir moins nombreux parce que des membres partent ou disparaissent.

En anglais simple : To become smaller in number as members leave or are lost.

• The group began to attrition after the first month.
• The original cohort attritioned to forty participants.
• Student numbers had attritioned steadily throughout the course.

Comment l'utiliser : attrition to a number (The group attritioned to twenty members by December.)

Synonymes : dwindle, decrease

Contraires : increase, grow

Expressions courantes : attrition to something, attrition over time, attrition gradually