diminish

3 definitions • 10 examples

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:

I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.

These memories will not be diminished by time.

What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.

diminish greatly We've seen our house diminish greatly in value over the last six months.

diminish significantly Pumpkins must be harvested and sold before Halloween or their value diminishes significantly.

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:

[ I ] The threat of inflation is diminishing.

[ T ] A single-payer system would diminish the bureaucratic cost of health care.

to reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods.

Investors can diversify their holdings in order to diminish risk.

Over a period of several years, these securities diminished in value and the corporation went bankrupt.