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1. (v.t.) diminish
to make or cause to seem smaller, less, or less important; lessen; reduce.
2. diminish
to reduce (a musical interval) by a half step less than a perfect or minor interval.
3. diminish
to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.
4. diminish
to give a tapering form:
a diminished column.
5. (v.i.) diminish
to lessen; decrease.
Etymology: (1400–50; b. diminuen (< AF diminuer < ML dīminuere for L dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen, var. (assimilated to -ish2) of menusen < MF menu(i)sier < VL *minūtiāre; see mince)
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1. (verb) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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. (verb) diminish, belittle
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"
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1. (verb) diminish
to reduce or make lessen
Over time his anger diminished.; Time has diminished the leader's power.
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1. (verb) diminish
to make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase
2. (verb) diminish
to lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken
3. (verb) diminish
to make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh
4. (verb) diminish
to take away; to subtract
5. (verb) diminish
to become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it
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Sense: to make or become less
Our supplies are diminishing rapidly.
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 Afrikaans: verminder |
 Arabic: يَقِلُّ |
 Bulgarian: омаловажавам |
 Brazilian: diminuir |
 Czech: zmenšit se, zkrátit se |
 German: vermindern |
 Danish: formindske |
 Greek: μειώνω, μειώνομαι |
 Spanish: disminuir |
 Estonian: kahandama, kahanema |
 Farsi: کم شدن؛ کاستن |
 Finnish: vähentyä |
 French: diminuer |
 Hebrew: לִקטוֹן, לְהָקטִין |
 Hindi: घटाना |
 Croatian: splasnuti, oslabiti |
 Hungarian: csökken(t) |
 Indonesian: mengurangi |
 Icelandic: minnka, rÿra |
 Italian: diminuire |
 Japanese: 減少させる |
 Korean: 감소하다 |
 Lithuanian: mažėti, mažinti |
 Latvian: samazināt; samazināties |
 Malay: menyusut |
 Dutch: (doen) slinken |
 Norwegian: (for)minske, redusere, sk |
 Polish: zmniejszać, maleć |
 Persian: کم شدن؛ کاستن |
 Pashto: لږول، كمول |
 Romanian: a (se) diminua, a (se)împ |
 Russian: уменьшать(ся) |
 Slovak: zmenšiť sa |
 Slovenian: zmanjšati (se) |
 Serbian: smanjiti |
 Swedish: [för]minska, avta |
 Thai: ทำให้น้อยลง |
 Turkish: azal(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 減少 |
 Ukrainian: зменшувати(ся); убувати |
 Urdu: گھٹنا یا گھٹانا |
 Vietnamese: hạ bớt, giảm bớt |
 Chinese: 减少 |
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