minimize

verbB1

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verb
V_es/s
minimizes
V_ing/Gerund
minimizing
V_ed/pp
minimizedminimise
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.

    We have to minimize the budget.

    Try to minimize your biases.

    Đồng nghĩa: besmall, smallify, abase, abate, belittle, besmall, bring down, embase, cut, decrease, decrement, diminish, foreshorten, lessen, lilliputianize, lower, mince, minimize, reduce, shrink, smallify

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.

    The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.

    Đồng nghĩa: lessen, lower, reduce, abase, abate, belittle, besmall, bring down, embase, cut, decrease, decrement, diminish, foreshorten, lessen, lilliputianize, lower, mince, minimize, reduce, shrink, smallify

  3. 3.

    (transitive)(computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.

    I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.

  5. 5.

    (transitive)To treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize.

    to minimize someone's feelings

    Đồng nghĩa: banalize, disparage, play down, bagatellize, banalize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage, dispraise, downplay, lilliputianize, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, play down, set at nought, superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate, vilipend

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

besmallsmallifyabaseabatebelittlebring downembasecutdecreasedecrementdiminishforeshortenlessenlilliputianizelowermincereduceshrinkbanalizedisparage

Trái nghĩa

Cùng gốc / liên quan

minimandminimizableminimizationminimizerunminimizeunminimized

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Nguồn gốc từ

From minimus + -ize.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, dictionary, wiktionary · cập nhật 15/8/2026

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