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diminishdiminish /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ ●●○ AWL verb ETYMOLOGYdiminishOrigin: 1400-1500 diminue (14-16 centuries), from Old French diminuer, from Latin minuere to make less VERB TABLEdiminish |
| Present | I, you, we, they | diminish | | he, she, it | diminishes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | diminished | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have diminished | | he, she, it | has diminished | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had diminished | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will diminish | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have diminished |
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| Present | I | am diminishing | | he, she, it | is diminishing | | you, we, they | are diminishing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was diminishing | | you, we, they | were diminishing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been diminishing | | he, she, it | has been diminishing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been diminishing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be diminishing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been diminishing |
THESAURUSto become less in number, size, or amount, or to make something do this► decreaseto become less in number, size, or amount, or to make something do this: Sales in Japan steadily decreased last year. ► go down to become lower or less in level, amount, size, quality, etc.: The income of ordinary workers has been going down. ► fall/drop to decrease to a lower level or amount, especially when this happens quickly: Sales have dropped 15% this year. ► plunge/plummet to decrease suddenly and by a very large amount: It was warm during the day, but at night temperatures plummeted to near zero. ► decline to decrease in quality, quantity, or importance: The company’s earnings declined 17% last year. ► diminish to become smaller or less important: Union membership diminished from 30,000 at its height to just 750 today. ► dwindle to gradually become fewer or smaller: The team’s lead had dwindled to only two points. 1[intransitive, transitive] to become smaller or less important, or to make something do this SYN reduce, lessen: His anxiety slowly diminished. The fences may diminish property values in the neighborhood.► see thesaurus at decrease12[transitive] to deliberately make someone or something appear less important or valuable: This is not to diminish the importance of what social workers achieve.3diminishing returns the point when the profits or advantages you are getting from something stop increasing in relation to the effort you are making [Origin: 1400–1500 diminue (14–16 centuries), from Old French diminuer, from Latin minuere to make less] |