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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : min-uh-mahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn əˌmaɪz |
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Définition of minimize
Origin :- 1802, first recorded in Bentham; see minimum + -ize.
- verb make smaller; underrate
- I would rather exaggerate than minimize my own shortcomings to you to-night.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Carmody did not attempt to minimize the seriousness of the opposition.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- At least, we may take counsel how far we can minimize this hideous scandal.
- Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- What I always say, dear boy: minimize the risk of failure—eh?'
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- But he meant at least to minimize it, and certainly not to let himself be captured alive.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- They couldn't prevent advance warning, but they could delay and minimize it.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- The legs should be tipped with rubber in order to minimize the noise.
- Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management » by Ministry of Education
- What positions may be chosen and formations adopted to minimize our own losses?
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- I magnify the immediate desire and minimize the ultimate goal.
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- The student of human society cannot minimize the importance of race heredity.
- Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
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