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minimize
/ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/
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What does minimize mean?
verb
- To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
- To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.
- To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.
- To treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/
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The underwriter, who had been trying to minimize the amount of impending loss, regrets his premature pessimism.
The more tired we are, the more we need to minimize our fatigue by the intelligent use of our own wills.
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To minimize these risks the financiers call in the assistance of the military and naval forces of the country which they are momentarily asserting to be theirs.
I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments.
There is a modern cult whose followers sing "La, la, la" at all times and places, who minimize all misfortune, crime, suffering, who find "good in everything,"--the "Pollyana" tribe.