minimize
VerbUS[min-uh-mahyz]/ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (3)minimized, minimizing
- make small or insignificant“Let's minimize the risk”Synonyms: minimiseOpposite maximizeMore general decrease, lessenMore specific hedge
- represent as less significant or importantSynonyms: understateminimisedownplayMore general informMore specific trivialize, trivialise
- cause to seem less serious; play down“Don't belittle his influence”Synonyms: belittledenigratederogateMore general disparage, belittleMore specific talk down
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Translations
Verb to make small as possible
- Spanish
- minimizar
- French
- minimiser
- German
- minimieren
- Italian
- minimizzare
- Portuguese
- minimizar
- Russian
- минимизи́ровать minimizírovatʹ
- Arabic
- صغّر ṣaḡḡara
- Chinese
- 最小化 zuìxiǎohuà
- Dutch
- minimaliseren
- Polish
- minimalizować
9 more languages
- Swedish
- minimera
- Indonesian
- meminimalkan
- Vietnamese
- giảm thiểu
- Portuguese (PT)
- minimizar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 最小化 zuìxiǎohuà
- Catalan
- minimitzar
- Czech
- minimalizovat
- Finnish
- minimoida
- Romanian
- minimiza
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
min′i·mize (mĭn′ĭ-mīz), transitive verb [past tense & past participle minimized (mĭn′ĭ-mīzd); present participle & verbal noun minimizing (mĭn′ĭ-mī-zĭng).]
1. To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. Jeremy Bentham
2. To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors