diminish

«diminish» in Mova's school dictionary: to become smaller, less or weaker — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (diminish, diminishes, diminished, diminishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker. tree →

2) To diminish something is to make it smaller or less important. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word in reading and science: «The noise diminished» means it got quieter. In maths, a diminishing amount gets smaller each time. In everyday speech people say «go down», «shrink» or «fade». Phrases: diminish in size, diminishing returns.

examples

• The rain diminished and the sun came out. tree →
• His pain diminished after a rest. tree →
• The pile of sweets diminished quickly. tree →
• (formal) The value of the car diminishes each year. tree →
• Don't let one mistake diminish your confidence. tree →
• The sound diminished as the train went away. tree →
• Supplies of water diminished during the hot summer. tree →

note

Formal; regular verb. Opposite: increase, grow. In maths «diminished by 5» means take away 5; «diminished by half» means divide by 2.

In the corpora

• Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'
• If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
• O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.
• Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diminish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.