Diminish
verb
To make something less or smaller in size, number, or strength.
Her worry did not diminish as the morning went on.
Often appears as...
- diminish the impact
- diminish the importance
verb
To seem less important or less valuable.
Nothing he could say would diminish her achievement.
Often appears as...
- diminish the value
- diminish the significance
verb
In music, to play or sing a note at a lower volume.
The singers should diminish their volume on the final note.
Often appears as...
- diminish the note
- diminish the volume
verb
To make something less or smaller in size, number, or strength.
Her worry did not diminish as the morning went on.
Often appears as...
- diminish the impact
- diminish the importance
verb
To seem less important or less valuable.
Nothing he could say would diminish her achievement.
Often appears as...
- diminish the value
- diminish the significance
verb
In music, to play or sing a note at a lower volume.
The singers should diminish their volume on the final note.
Often appears as...
- diminish the note
- diminish the volume
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Action
Use 'diminish' to describe an ongoing process, suggesting gradual decrease.
The enthusiasm for the project diminished over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weakening
'Diminish' often conveys a weakening of emotions, resolve, or determination.
Her resolve diminished after several setbacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Negative
Diminishing something isn't always bad; it can be positive if reducing something harmful.
The new policy diminished the number of accidents.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Action
Use 'diminish' to describe an ongoing process, suggesting gradual decrease.
The enthusiasm for the project diminished over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weakening
'Diminish' often conveys a weakening of emotions, resolve, or determination.
Her resolve diminished after several setbacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Negative
Diminishing something isn't always bad; it can be positive if reducing something harmful.
The new policy diminished the number of accidents.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Action
Use 'diminish' to describe an ongoing process, suggesting gradual decrease.
The enthusiasm for the project diminished over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weakening
'Diminish' often conveys a weakening of emotions, resolve, or determination.
Her resolve diminished after several setbacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Negative
Diminishing something isn't always bad; it can be positive if reducing something harmful.
The new policy diminished the number of accidents.
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The paradox of value -...
That's when you begin to choose diamonds over water. And it's not just necessities like water. When it comes to most things, the more of it you acquire, the less useful or enjoyable every additional bit becomes. This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food,
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Why do we have to wear...
because their ability to absorb the Sun diminishes. Generally, these are more transparent when rubbed on the skin, but some people develop allergric reactions to some of the chemicals. Regardless of the type of sunscreen, all are subjected to testing to determine their sunburn protection factor,
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
you start there's a kind of ocean getting diminishing returns you know in retrospect they seem obvious but uh in in order to solve uh full self-driving uh properly you actually just you have to solve real-world ai um you you you know because you said what are the road networks designed to
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Why should you read...
titled after the temperature at which paper burns. The accuracy of that temperature has been called into question, but that doesn’t diminish the novel’s standing as a masterpiece of dystopian fiction. Dystopian fiction as a genre amplifies troubling features of the world around us
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
and that window of opportunity happens in the first three years of life. It's not that that window closes; it doesn't. But it diminishes considerably. And yet, the median age of diagnosis in this country is still about five years,
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How batteries work -...
than singing its praises, but batteries are a triumph of science. They allow smartphones and other technologies to exist without anchoring us to an infernal tangle of power cables. Yet even the best batteries will diminish daily,
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Elon Musk: A future...
And in order to understand the nature of the universe and all these fundamental questions, we must expand the scope and scale of consciousness. Certainly it must not diminish or go out. Or we certainly won’t understand this.
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The role of fractals...
the campus design has two main access learning and living and from this to access the factor pattern diminishes the heart of the campus is the wisdom Center where all the connections intersect
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Monster Fish of the...
can help me catch bureau crew in the wild he can Scott goes after the Giants on a catch-and-release basis so he doesn't diminish their numbers he says the best place for us to look is in the
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The Power of Gravity PIPE...
exploding the influence of Earth's gravity on your life becomes progressively diminished the smaller you
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
That's when you begin to choose diamonds over water. And it's not just necessities like water. When it comes to most things, the more of it you acquire, the less useful or enjoyable every additional bit becomes. This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food,
Video examples
Why do we have to wear...
because their ability to absorb the Sun diminishes. Generally, these are more transparent when rubbed on the skin, but some people develop allergric reactions to some of the chemicals. Regardless of the type of sunscreen, all are subjected to testing to determine their sunburn protection factor,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
you start there's a kind of ocean getting diminishing returns you know in retrospect they seem obvious but uh in in order to solve uh full self-driving uh properly you actually just you have to solve real-world ai um you you you know because you said what are the road networks designed to
Video examples
Why should you read...
titled after the temperature at which paper burns. The accuracy of that temperature has been called into question, but that doesn’t diminish the novel’s standing as a masterpiece of dystopian fiction. Dystopian fiction as a genre amplifies troubling features of the world around us
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
and that window of opportunity happens in the first three years of life. It's not that that window closes; it doesn't. But it diminishes considerably. And yet, the median age of diagnosis in this country is still about five years,
Video examples
How batteries work -...
than singing its praises, but batteries are a triumph of science. They allow smartphones and other technologies to exist without anchoring us to an infernal tangle of power cables. Yet even the best batteries will diminish daily,
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
And in order to understand the nature of the universe and all these fundamental questions, we must expand the scope and scale of consciousness. Certainly it must not diminish or go out. Or we certainly won’t understand this.
Video examples
The role of fractals...
the campus design has two main access learning and living and from this to access the factor pattern diminishes the heart of the campus is the wisdom Center where all the connections intersect
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Monster Fish of the...
can help me catch bureau crew in the wild he can Scott goes after the Giants on a catch-and-release basis so he doesn't diminish their numbers he says the best place for us to look is in the
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The Power of Gravity PIPE...
exploding the influence of Earth's gravity on your life becomes progressively diminished the smaller you
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Julie Plec
American Producer
I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense.
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Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen - it becomes distorted, and it's been diminished.
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Jeffrey Wright
American Actor
When I started off as an actor, the last thing I wanted to do in the world was make money. I was under the impression, when I started off as an actor, that the more money I made, the more it would diminish from my creativity and my capacity to be an artist.
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Stephen King
Author
The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
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John Badham
British Director
The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
I'm not optimistic for my country. I don't see how we're ever going to project our influence and our standing and our power outside the E.U. Britain's voice is going to diminish, I'm afraid.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
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Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealander Musician
My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just trying to prove that I'm not.' There's so many things to do.
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John Shelby Spong
American Clergyman
Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
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Julie Plec
American Producer
I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense.
Quote examples
Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen - it becomes distorted, and it's been diminished.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Wright
American Actor
When I started off as an actor, the last thing I wanted to do in the world was make money. I was under the impression, when I started off as an actor, that the more money I made, the more it would diminish from my creativity and my capacity to be an artist.
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Stephen King
Author
The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Quote examples
John Badham
British Director
The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
I'm not optimistic for my country. I don't see how we're ever going to project our influence and our standing and our power outside the E.U. Britain's voice is going to diminish, I'm afraid.
Quote examples
Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
Quote examples
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealander Musician
My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just trying to prove that I'm not.' There's so many things to do.
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John Shelby Spong
American Clergyman
Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
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