minimise


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

minimise


Past participle: minimised
Gerund: minimising

Imperative
minimise
minimise
Present
I minimise
you minimise
he/she/it minimises
we minimise
you minimise
they minimise
Preterite
I minimised
you minimised
he/she/it minimised
we minimised
you minimised
they minimised
Present Continuous
I am minimising
you are minimising
he/she/it is minimising
we are minimising
you are minimising
they are minimising
Present Perfect
I have minimised
you have minimised
he/she/it has minimised
we have minimised
you have minimised
they have minimised
Past Continuous
I was minimising
you were minimising
he/she/it was minimising
we were minimising
you were minimising
they were minimising
Past Perfect
I had minimised
you had minimised
he/she/it had minimised
we had minimised
you had minimised
they had minimised
Future
I will minimise
you will minimise
he/she/it will minimise
we will minimise
you will minimise
they will minimise
Future Perfect
I will have minimised
you will have minimised
he/she/it will have minimised
we will have minimised
you will have minimised
they will have minimised
Future Continuous
I will be minimising
you will be minimising
he/she/it will be minimising
we will be minimising
you will be minimising
they will be minimising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been minimising
you have been minimising
he/she/it has been minimising
we have been minimising
you have been minimising
they have been minimising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been minimising
you will have been minimising
he/she/it will have been minimising
we will have been minimising
you will have been minimising
they will have been minimising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been minimising
you had been minimising
he/she/it had been minimising
we had been minimising
you had been minimising
they had been minimising
Conditional
I would minimise
you would minimise
he/she/it would minimise
we would minimise
you would minimise
they would minimise
Past Conditional
I would have minimised
you would have minimised
he/she/it would have minimised
we would have minimised
you would have minimised
they would have minimised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. [画像:minimise - represent as less significant or important]minimise - represent as less significant or important
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
trivialise, trivialize - make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
2. minimise - make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
hedge - minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
maximize, maximise - make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
يُقَلِّل إلى أدْنى حَديُقَلِّل من أهَمِيَّة
gera lítiî úrlágmarka

minimum

(ˈminiməm) adjective
smallest or lowest (possible, obtained, recorded etc). the minimum temperature last night. minimum أدْنى حَد минимален mínimo minimální Mindest-... minimum- ελάχιστος mínimo minimaal- کمترین minimi- minimum מינימום, הקטן/הנמוך ביותר कम से कम minimalan minimális paling rendah lágmarks- minimo 最小限の 최소의 minimalus minimāls paling rendah minimum- minimums-, minste-, lav- minimalny ډير لږ mínimo minim минимальный minimálny minimalen minimalan lägsta, minsta, minimi- อย่างต่ํา en az 最低的,最小的 мінімальний سب سے کم tối thiểu 最低的,最小的
nounplurals ˈminimums, ~ˈminima (-mə)
the smallest possible number, quantity etc or the lowest level. Tickets will cost a minimum of 20ドル. minimum الحد الأدْنى минимум mínimo minimum das Minimum minimum το ελάχιστο, το μίνιμουμ mínimo alammäär کمترین مقدار vähimmäismäärä minimum הַקָטַן/הַנָמוּך בְּיוֹתֵר कम से कम minimum minimum paling sedikit lágmark minimo 最小限 최소의 양(수) minimumas minimums minimum minimum minst, minimum minimum ډير لږ څه mínimo minimum минимум minimum najmanj minimum minimum จํานวนน้อยที่สุด en az miktar, minimum 最小數或量,最低程度 мінімум کم از کم lượng cực tiểu 最小数
ˈminimal adjective
very small indeed. minimal expense. minimaal أدْنى حَد миниатюрен mínimo minimální kleinst minimal; minimal- μηδαμινός mínimo minimaal- حداقل minimaalinen minime קָטַן מְאוֹד अल्प minimalan minimális paling kecil, minimal minnstur, lágmarks- minimo 最小の 최소량(수)의 labai menkas, minimalus ļoti mazs; minimāls paling kecil minimaal minimal, minste- minimalny حد اقل mínimo minim минимальный minimálny neznaten minimalan minimal น้อยที่สุด asgarî düzeyde, çok az 最小的 мінімальний بہت کم یا قلیل rất nhỏ 最小的
ˈminimize, ˈminimise verb
1. to make as little as possible. to minimize the danger. minimaliseer, minimeer يُقَلِّل إلى أدْنى حَد минимизирам minimizar snížit na minimum verringern minimere ελαχιστοποιώ reducir al mínimo, minimizar minimeerima کم کردن minimoida réduire au minimum לְהַקְטִין न्यूनतम कर देना svesti na najmanje a minimálisra csökkent mengecilkan lágmarka minimizzare, ridurre al minimo 最小にする 최소화하다 (su)mažinti iki minimumo samazināt līdz minimumam mengecilkan zo klein mogelijk maken begrense/innskrenke/redusere til et minimum minimalizować كم كول minimizar a mini­maliza, a reduce la minimum доводить до минимума znížiť na minimum zmanjšati na minimum minimalizovati minimera ทําให้เล็กลงที่สุด azaltmak 減至最少 доводити до мінімуму کم کرنا giảm thiểu 使减到最少
2. to cause to seem little or unimportant. He minimized the help he had received. minimaliseer, minimeer يُقَلِّل من أهَمِيَّة умаловажавам minimizar bagatelizovat bagatellisieren bagatellisere κάνω κτ. να φαίνεται ασήμαντο minimizar, quitar importancia ei tee suurt numbrit کم اهمیت نشان دادن vähätellä minimiser לְהַפחִית लघु समझना umanjiti lekicsinyel menyepelekan gera lítið úr minimizzare 軽視する 경시하다 (su)menkinti noniecināt mengurangkan bagatelliseren bagatellisere; undervurdere umniejszać بى ارزښته ښوول minimizar a minimaliza преуменьшать bagatelizovať podcenjevati umanjiti förringa, underskatta ทําให้มีค่าน้อยลง küçümsemek 估計得最低,視為無物 применшувати اہمیت کم کرنا đánh giá thấp 把...估计得最低
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Struthers's Sunday evenings were not like a ball, and that her guests, as if to minimise their delinquency, usually went early.
I, too, could call for small beers and minimise by two- thirds the detestable freightage with which comradeship burdened one.
It is the first phase of a 25-year contract that is expected to invest more than USD 200 million into the district and provide USD 850 million total energy-cost reductions to the district over its lifetime based on projections by the measurement and verification energy-efficiency experts at Minimise.

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?