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- pronunciation:
- mI
n
maIz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
minimizes, minimizing, minimized |
definition 1: |
to make as small as possible.
He wore a shirt to minimize the chance of getting a sunburn.
- antonyms:
- exaggerate
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definition 2: |
to make seem less important or less valuable.
The senator minimized the need for better housing downtown.- antonyms:
- exaggerate
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related words: |
lessen, relax |
adverb + (v.)minimize
greatly, thereby, thus
(v.)minimize
+ adverb
potentially
(v.)minimize
+ noun
amount,
barrier,
bias,
burden,
casualty,
chance,
complication,
conflict,
confusion,
consequence,
consumption,
contact,
cost,
damage,
danger,
delay,
difficulty,
discomfort,
disturbance,
effect,
emission,
erosion,
error,
expense,
exposure,
fatigue,
formation,
fraud,
friction,
gain,
harm,
hazard,
impact,
importance,
infection,
influence,
injury,
intake,
interaction,
interference,
involvement,
likelihood,
load,
loss,
maintenance,
moisture,
muscle,
noise,
obligation,
occurrence,
odor,
overlap,
pain,
pesticide,
pollution,
pore,
possibility,
potential,
probability,
requirement,
resistance,
risk,
significance,
soil,
strain,
stress,
suffering,
sum,
symptom,
tension,
threat,
transaction,
trauma,
use,
vulnerability,
waste,
wear,
wrinkle
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derivations: |
minimization (n.), minimizer (n.) |
The word minimize
contains the following part:
min
Latin
root
that means small; make smaller
  Example words:
diminish, diminutive, mince, miniature, minimize, minimum, minor, minority, minuend, minus, minute1
- synonyms:
- micro-
- antonyms:
- magn, magna, magni, maxi, mega, megal, megalo, -megaly, macro-
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