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min·i·mize    Audio Help   [min-uh-mahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -mized, -miz·ing.
1.to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
2.to represent at the lowest possible amount, value, importance, influence, etc., esp. in a disparaging way; belittle.
Also, especially British, min·i·mise.


[Origin: 1795–1805; minim(um) + -ize]

min·i·mi·za·tion, noun
min·i·miz·er, noun
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min·i·mize    Audio Help   (mĭn'ə-mīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   min·i·mized, min·i·miz·ing, min·i·miz·es
    1. To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.
    2. Usage Problem To reduce. See Usage Note at minimal.
  1. To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size: minimized the magnitude of the crisis. See Synonyms at decry.


[From minimum.]

min'i·mi·za'tion (-mĭ-zā'shən) n., min'i·miz'er n.
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minimize

verb
1. make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk" [ant: maximise
2. represent as less significant or important [syn: understate] [ant: amplify
3. cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" 

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ˈminimize, *ˈminimise1 verb
to make as little as possible
Example: to minimize the danger
Arabic: يُقَلِّل إلى أدْنى حَد
Chinese (Simplified): 使减到最少
Chinese (Traditional): 使減到最少
Czech: snížit na minimum
Danish: minimere
Dutch: zo klein mogelijk maken
Estonian: minimeerima
Finnish: minimoida
French: réduire au minimum
German: verringern
Greek: ελαχιστοποιώ
Hungarian: a minimálisra csökkent
Icelandic: lágmarka
Indonesian: mengecilkan
Italian: minimizzare, ridurre al minimo*
Japanese: 最小にする
Korean: 최소화하다
Latvian: samazināt līdz minimumam
Lithuanian: (su)mažinti iki minimumo
Norwegian: begrense, *innskrenke, *redusere til et minimum
Polish: minimalizować
Portuguese (Brazil): reduzir ao mínimo, minimizar
Portuguese (Portugal): minimizar
Romanian: a mini­maliza, a reduce la minimum
Russian: доводить до минимума
Slovak: znížiť na minimum
Slovenian: zmanjšati na minimum
Spanish: reducir al mínimo, minimizar
Swedish: minimera
Turkish: azaltmak
ˈminimize, *ˈminimise2 verb
to cause to seem little or unimportant
Example: He minimized the help he had received.
Arabic: يُقَلِّل من أهَمِيَّة
Chinese (Simplified): 把…估计得最低
Chinese (Traditional): 把…估計得最低
Czech: bagatelizovat
Danish: bagatellisere
Dutch: bagatelliseren
Estonian: ei tee suurt numbrit
Finnish: vähätellä
French: minimiser
German: bagatellisieren
Greek: κάνω κτ. να φαίνεται ασήμαντο
Hungarian: lekicsinyel
Icelandic: gera lítið úr
Indonesian: menyepelekan
Italian: minimizzare
Japanese: 軽視する
Korean: 최소한으로 평가하다
Latvian: noniecināt
Lithuanian: (su)menkinti
Norwegian: bagatellisere; undervurdere
Polish: umniejszać
Portuguese (Brazil): minimizar
Portuguese (Portugal): minimizar
Romanian: a minimaliza
Russian: преуменьшать
Slovak: bagatelizovať
Slovenian: podcenjevati
Spanish: minimizar, quitar importancia
Swedish: förringa, underskatta
Turkish: küçümsemek
See also: minimal, minimum

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Minimize

Min"i*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minimized; p. pr. & vb. n. Minimizimg.] To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. --Bentham.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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