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[ min-uh-mahyz ] / ˈmɪn əˌmaɪz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR minimize ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), min·i·mized, min·i·miz·ing.to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. to represent at the lowest possible amount, value, importance, influence, etc., especially in a disparaging way; belittle. Also especially British, min·i·mise . Origin of minimizeFirst recorded in 1795–1805; minim(um) + -ize OTHER WORDS FROM minimizemin·i·mi·za·tion, nounmin·i·miz·er, nounun·min·i·mized, adjectiveun·min·i·miz·ing, adjectiveWords nearby minimizeminimarket, minimart, minimax, Mini-Me, minimill, minimize, minimoon, minimoto, minimum, minimum-access programming, minimum lending rate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for minimizeWe coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box. Why Didn’t Camille Dump Bill Cosby?|Amanda Marcotte|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST “To minimize sprawl” has become a bedrock catchphrase of the core political ideology. The Progressives’ War on Suburbia|Joel Kotkin|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST When used outside of major urban areas, they minimize the risk of civilian casualties and requirements for granular intelligence. Who the U.S. Should Really Hit in ISIS|Daniel Trombly, Yasir Abbas|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now, one company is trying to minimize the potential danger of these (often necessary and life-saving) machines. Are Routine Scans Causing Cancer?|Dale Eisinger|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We wanted to minimize the risks,” says the senior State Department official. U.S. Diplomats and Marines Close Embassy and Flee Libya Fighting|Jamie Dettmer|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The prevailing idea was to give an operator a good big job to minimize that item of expense. The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson A good yardmaster knows instinctively where to be at a certain time to minimize the delay incident to engines bunching. Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine Opening the window, he climbed out and crossed the cobbled courtyard, trying to minimize his limp. When the Owl Cries|Paul Bartlett A card index to the vertical file might be made to minimize the difficulties of the classed arrangement. Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various By this means I minimize the chance of a weak or too strong shot. Automatic Pistol Shooting|Walter Winans
British Dictionary definitions for minimize
verb (tr)to reduce to or estimate at the least possible degree or amountto minimize a risk to rank or treat at less than the true worth; belittleto minimize someone's achievements Derived forms of minimizeminimization or minimisation, nounminimizer or minimiser, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to minimizelessen, reduce, play down, decrease, underestimate, diminish, downplay, curtail, derogate, dwarf, deprecate, prune, knock, attenuate, discount, decry, cheapen, pan, detract, belittle |