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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb minimize has 3 senses
- minimize(v = verb.change) minimise - make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk" is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
- minimize(v = verb.communication) downplay, minimise, understate - represent as less significant or important; Array is one way to inform
- minimize(v = verb.communication) belittle, denigrate, derogate - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" is one way to belittle, disparage, pick at
Antonym: maximize
Derived forms noun minimization1, noun minimum1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun minimization1, noun minimum1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun minimization1, noun minimum1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
minimize, v. t.
- To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. Bentham. [1913 Webster]
- To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
minimize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. reduce to, or estimate at, the smallest possible amount or degree.
2 tr. estimate or represent at less than the true value or importance.
3 intr. attain a minimum value.
1 tr. reduce to, or estimate at, the smallest possible amount or degree.
2 tr. estimate or represent at less than the true value or importance.
3 intr. attain a minimum value.
Derivative
minimization n. minimizer n.
THESAURUS
minimize
abbreviate, abridge, bedwarf, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, cry down, curtail, cut down, de-emphasize, debase, decrease, decry, degrade, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, derogate from, detract from, devaluate, devalue, diminish, disapprove of, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, downplay, dwarf, hold in contempt, knock, lessen, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minify, misestimate, misprize, play down, prune, put down, reduce, reflect discredit upon, run down, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shorten, shrink, shrug off, slight, speak ill of, submit to indignity, talk down, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underplay, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undervalueROGET THESAURUS
minimize
Underestimation
VB underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon, depreciate, disparage, not do justice to, misprize, disprize, ridicule, slight, neglect, slur over, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of, belittle, minimize, think nothing of, set no store by, set at naught, shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane.
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