diminuer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
- lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- shrink verb To become or make smaller.
Senses
diminuer is used for these senses in English:
- abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
- cut down (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
- decrease (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
- decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- downsize (intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
- dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- go down (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
decrease — full definition
- verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- noun A reduction in the size or amount of something.