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. David Cicilline:

   That's sort of the most dangerous consequence of this kind of concentration is the ability to exclude rivals, put them out of business, diminish innovation, diminish entrepreneurship, diminish choices for consumers.

2. Billie Jean King:

   The pursuit of equality is a marathon not a sprint, and this lawsuit has generated a meaningful conversation about the treatment of women in sports, one ruling does not diminish its impact.

3. Warren Young:

   Attacks on tourists diminish the country’s economy. Tourists are often viewed as ‘capitalists’ or ‘Western’...and as such are legitimized as targets of many extremist groups.

4. Monday Judge:

   Because of the insufficient measures taken to date in Switzerland, whether they be economic or political, the average warming will not diminish nor even stabilize, it will increase, in view of this, the tribunal considers that the imminence of danger is established.

5. Pat Toomey:

   The waivers simply diminish the burden of this terrible mandate on the refineries least able to afford it, and therefore allow them to continue doing business.

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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