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What (who) is Diminish - definition
diminish
(diminishes, diminishing, diminished)
1.
When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state...
Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources...
This could mean diminished public support for the war.
? increase
VERB: V, V n, V-ing, V-ed
2.
If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
He never put her down or diminished her...
VERB: V n
Diminish
·vt To take away; to Subtract.
II. Diminish ·vt To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
III. Diminish ·vt To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to Lessen;
- opposed to augment or increase.
IV. Diminish ·vi To become or appear less or smaller; to Lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
diminish
¦ verb
1. make or become less.
2. [as adjective diminished] Music denoting an interval which is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval.
Phrases
(the law of) diminishing returns the principle that as expenditure or investment increases each further increase produces a proportionately smaller return.
Derivatives
diminishable adjective
Origin
ME: blend of archaic minish 'diminish' (based on L. minutia 'smallness') and obs. diminue 'speak disparagingly' (based on L. deminuere 'lessen').
Examples of use of Diminish
1. Cars, for instance, drastically diminish human contact.
2. A recess appointment might diminish their concerns.
3. That awkward fact does not diminish the achievement.
4. Capital One‘s new clout and size could diminish that attraction.
5. You watch your money diminish in the bank," Nturi said.