Definitions for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·min·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. decrease, diminish, lessen, fallverb

   decrease in size, extent, or range

   "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

2. diminish, belittleverb

   lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

   "don't belittle your colleagues"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. diminishverb

   To make smaller.

2. diminishverb

   To become smaller.

3. diminishverb

   To taper.

4. diminishverb

   To disappear gradually.

5. diminishverb

   To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone.

6. Etymology: From diminuer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DIMINISHverb

   Etymology: diminuo, Latin.

   1. To make less by abscission or destruction of any part: the opposite to increase.

   That we call good which is apt to cause or increase pleasure, or diminish pain in us. John Locke.

   2. To impair; to lessen; to degrade.

   Impiously they thought
   Thee to diminish, and from thee withdraw
   The number of thy worshippers. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   3. To take any thing from that to which it belongs: the contrary to add.

   Nothing was diminished from the safety of the king by the imprisonment of the duke. John Hayward.

   Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2.

2. To Diminishverb

   To grow less; to be impaired.

   What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to chuse or to reject. Dryden.

   Crete’s ample fields diminish to our eye;
   Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

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1. diminish

   Diminish means to make or become less, decrease in size, quantity, quality, or intensity, or reduce the importance or impact of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Diminishverb

   to make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase

2. Diminishverb

   to lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken

3. Diminishverb

   to make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh

4. Diminishverb

   to take away; to subtract

5. Diminishverb

   to become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Diminish

   di-min′ish, v.t. to make less: to take a part from: to degrade.—v.i. to grow or appear less: to subside.—adj. Dimin′ishable.—p.adj. Dimin′ished, made smaller, humbled: (mus.) lessened by a half-step, as an interval.—adv. Dimin′ishingly. [Coined by adding di to the word minish, an imitation of L. diminuĕre—di = dis, apart, minuĕre, to make less.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. diminish

   In a military sense, means to decrease the front of a battalion; to adopt the columns of march, or manœuvre according to the obstructions and difficulties which it meets in advancing.

Matched Categories

1. • Lessen

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'diminish' in Verbs Frequency: #903

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of diminish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of diminish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of diminish in a Sentence

1. Judy Rogg:

   That does n’t diminish the amount of it that’s all over the internet by any stretch of the imagination.

2. Cervantes:

   The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.

3. Stanley Weiss:

   We expect that at some time it will help diminish the spread of COVID-19, based on the assumptions that persons who are infected and recover will have protective immunity, however, with SARS, data suggested protective immunity was of limited duration. Thus, the precise temporal dynamics may prove very important. For example, there could be recurrent waves. We hope with COVID-19, but do not yet know that they wont become re-infected.

4. Colorado Eagles:

   As an organization, the discovery of this event deeply saddens us, although we had no prior knowledge, that doesn't excuse or diminish the fact that this has hurt a fellow human being.

5. Amy Coney Barrett:

   Showing that we can disagree on the issues and the merits without being nasty is one of the tributes to the way we do our business, our disagreement on political issues and important constitutional issues doesn't diminish the value of who Justice Amy Coney Barrett is in my mind or to me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=diminish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Diminish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=diminish
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diminish
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=diminish
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html