diminishment

di·min·ish

D0228000 (dĭ-mĭn′ĭsh)v. di·min·ished, di·min·ish·ing, di·min·ish·es v.tr.1. a. To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen. See Synonyms at decrease.b. To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of: "Her upper-class perfection ... somehow diminished me" (Shirley Abbott).2. To cause to taper.3. Music To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.v.intr.1. To become smaller or less.2. To taper.

[Middle English diminishen, blend of diminuen, to lessen (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuere, variant of dēminuere : dē-, de- + minuere, to lessen) and minishen, to reduce (from Old French minuiser, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, from Latin minūtia, smallness, from minūtus, small, from past participle of minuere); see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

di·min′ish·a·ble adj.di·min′ish·ment n.

Thesaurus

diminishment

nounThe act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.

Translations

abaissementréduction

单词	diminishment
释义	diminishment di·min·ish D0228000 (dĭ-mĭn′ĭsh)v. di·min·ished, di·min·ish·ing, di·min·ish·es v.tr.1. a. To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen. See Synonyms at decrease.b. To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of: "Her upper-class perfection ... somehow diminished me" (Shirley Abbott).2. To cause to taper.3. Music To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.v.intr.1. To become smaller or less.2. To taper. [Middle English diminishen, blend of diminuen, to lessen (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuere, variant of dēminuere : dē-, de- + minuere, to lessen) and minishen, to reduce (from Old French minuiser, from Vulgar Latin minūtiāre, from Latin minūtia, smallness, from minūtus, small, from past participle of minuere); see mei- in Indo-European roots.] di·min′ish·a·ble* adj.di·min′ish·ment n. Thesaurus diminishment nounThe act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. Translations abaissementréduction IdiomsSeediminish diminishment Related to diminishment: conveys noun Synonyms for diminishment noun the act or process of decreasing Synonyms abatement curtailment cut cutback decrease decrement diminution drain reduction slash slowdown taper
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diminishment

di·min·ish

diminishment

diminishment

Synonyms for diminishment

noun the act or process of decreasing

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