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- Dictionarydi·min·ish/dəˈminiSH/
verb
- 1. make or become less: "a tax whose purpose is to diminish spending" Similar Opposite
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to reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value: If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods. Investors can diversify their holdings in order to diminish risk. Over a period of several years, these securities diminished in value and the corporation went bankrupt.
The meaning of DIMINISH is to make less or cause to appear less. How to use diminish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Diminish.
Diminish means to make smaller or lesser. If you cover a lightbulb with a dark lamp shade, the light from the lamp will diminish. It can also mean become less important. Once the light has been dimmed, its role in lighting the room is diminished.
to reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value: If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods. Investors can diversify their holdings in order to diminish risk. Over a period of several years, these securities diminished in value and the corporation went bankrupt.
If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
[intransitive, transitive] diminish (something) to become or to make something become smaller, weaker, etc. synonym decrease The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. His influence has diminished with time. Our efforts were producing diminishing returns (= we achieved less although we spent more time or money). Definitions on the go.
to become less, or to make something become less: Your pain should diminish gradually after taking these tablets. (Definition of diminish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of diminish. in Chinese (Traditional) 減少，減小，降低… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 减少，减小，降低… See more. in Spanish. disminuir…
Definitions of 'diminish'. 1. When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity. [...] 2. If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are. [...] More.
To diminish a person is to reduce or take away from their stature, reputation, or authority in some way—to belittle or disparage them, as in The new tell-all book is clearly an attempt to diminish a man who is regarded as a legend in his field.
1. to make or cause to seem smaller, less, or less important; lessen; reduce. 2. to reduce (a musical interval) by a half step less than a perfect or minor interval. 3. to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage. 4. to give a tapering form: a diminished column.
