Meaning of MINIMIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'minu`mIz
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- [v] make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
- [v] represent as less significant or important
- [v] belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"
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| | Synonyms: | | belittle, denigrate, derogate, downplay, minimise, minimise, understate |
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| | Antonyms: | | amplify, exaggerate, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, maximise, maximize, overdraw, overstate | | |
| | See Also: | | decrease, disparage, inform, lessen, minify, pick at, talk down, trivialise, trivialize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Min"i*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minimized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Minimizimg}.]
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to
reduce to a minimum. --Bentham.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbreviate, abridge, bedwarf, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, cry down, curtail, cut down, debase, decrease, decry, de-emphasize, degrade, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, derogate from, detract from, devaluate, devalue, diminish, disapprove of, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, downplay, dwarf, hold in contempt, knock, lessen, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minify, misestimate, misprize, play down, prune, put down, reduce, reflect discredit upon, run down, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shorten, shrink, shrug off, slight, speak ill of, submit to indignity, talk down, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underplay, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undervalue |
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