diminuire — meaning in English

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.

Senses

diminuire is used for these senses in English:

• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• abate To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
• 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).
• drop off (idiomatic, transitive, especially, _, US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
• dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
• step down (transitive, figurative) To reduce gradually or incrementally.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

decrease — full definition

1. verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
2. noun A reduction in the size or amount of something.

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