Definisjon av diminish

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Verb

diminish - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
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minify, decrease, lessen 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"
diminish - 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"
decrease, lessen, fall
increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
change magnitude change in size or magnitude
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
shrivel, shrink wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
taper diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
drop off fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"
vaporize, vanish, fly decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
slacken off, ease off, ease up, flag reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
shrink, contract decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
shrivel up, shrivel, wither, shrink wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
die away, slack off, abate, let up, slack become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
de-escalate reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
thin out make sparse; "thin out the young plants"
wane, decline, go down decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
wane decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
wane decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
decelerate, slow, slow up, retard, slow down reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
decrescendo grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"
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Verb

diminish - To make smaller.
diminish - To become smaller.
diminish - To taper.
diminish - To disappear gradually.
diminish - To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • diminish
    To find the difference between two quantities.
  • diminish
    To make smaller.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) diminish
  • Presens: diminish / diminishes
  • Preteritum: diminished
  • Perfektum: (have) diminished

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