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minimise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | downplay, minimize, understate |
| Type of | inform |
| Has types | trivialise, trivialize |
| Derivation | minimisation, minimum |
Examples of minimise
minimise
Our intention is to minimise disruption to other road users and local residents.
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I do everything I can to minimise clients'tax liabilities within the guidelines.
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When investing money we want to maximise the return but minimise the risk taken.
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Well worth it to minimise hassle in the event of the death of one or both of us.
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Professor Pan's technique helps to minimise errors during the sintering process.
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Instead of street lights, there is bollard lighting to minimise light pollution.
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Personal Contract Purchase schemes were designed to help minimise monthly outlay.
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Using the melted ice itself in the jet should minimise contamination of the lake.
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It will speed defections and desertions, and minimise deaths as much as possible.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Understate: represent as less significant or important
- Minimize: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
- (minimisation) minimization: the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position
- (Minimisation (clinical trials)) Minimisation is a method of adaptive stratified randomization that is used in clinical trials, as described by Pocock and Simon.
- (Minimisation (code)) Minification (very often just minify, and sometimes also minimisation or minimization), in computer programming languages and especially JavaScript, is the process of removing all unnecessary characters from source code, without changing its functionality. ...
- (Minimisation (psychology)) Minimisation is a type of deceptionGuerrero, L., Anderson, P., Afifi, W. (2007). Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. ...
- Alternative spelling of minimize
- (Minimisation) A method of allocation used to provide comparison groups that are closely similar for several variables. The next participant is assessed with regard to several characteristics, and assigned to the treatment group that has so far had fewer such people assigned to it. ...
- Minimising any waste that cannot be prevented, through cleaner production, reuse, or recycling.
