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diminish
What does diminish mean?
diminish (verb): decrease in size, extent, or range.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce diminish?
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does diminish come from?
Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of diminish?
Words related to diminish
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “diminish” mean?
to stress, single out as important
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to change the form or structure of
Not quite: that's what alter means.
decrease in size, extent, or range
Right! That's what “diminish” means.
make sense of; assign a meaning to
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Which word is closest in meaning to “diminish”?
decrease
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forecast
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interact
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advocate
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