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minimize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | downplay, minimise, understate |
| Type of | inform |
| Has types | trivialise, trivialize |
| Derivation | minimization, minimum |
Examples of minimize
minimize
That way, you can convert a smaller amount to a Roth and minimize your tax bill.
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Both were served on square plates lined with bamboo mats to minimize greasiness.
From the timesunion.com
His strategy is to minimize the damage and quickly get his clients back to work.
From the cnn.com
Fronts were lumpy due to too much lumbar bulge and no adjustment to minimize it.
From the usatoday.com
Future reform polices should look to reduce, minimize and limit these practices.
From the sciencedaily.com
So they maximize that and minimize the materials because that is what is scarce.
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Does saying that any particular racial slur is paradigmatic minimize all others?
From the theatlantic.com
He was able to adjust the study data to minimize the influence of these factors.
From the bloomberg.com
In general, minimize shadows which obscure vision and maximize light everywhere.
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- Make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
- Understate: represent as less significant or important
- Cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
- (minimized) reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree
- In mathematics, maxima and minima, known collectively as extrema (singular: extremum), are the largest value (maximum) or smallest value (minimum), that a function takes in a point either within a given neighborhood (local extremum) or on the function domain in its entirety (global or absolute ...
- (Minimization (psychology)) Minimisation is a type of deceptionGuerrero, L., Anderson, P., Afifi, W. (2007). Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. ...
- To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible; (transitive) To cause a window to disappear without closing the program or file or discarding any data
- (minimizes) Man-powered beats sail beats motorboat beats seaplane. Human-powered boats (canoes and rowboats) have the right of way over sailboats, which in turn have the right of way over powerboats, and even they have the right of way over seaplanes. ...
- (Minimization) A comprehensive program to minimize or eliminate wastes, usually applied to wastes at their point of origin. (See: waste minimization.)
