diminish · verb
Sens et exemples
Devenir moins important ou moins fort, ou rendre quelque chose moins important ou moins fort.
Her anxiety diminished as the familiar routine helped her feel more confident in the new surroundings.
Repeated interruptions diminished the value of a discussion that had initially promised to resolve several important issues.
The noise gradually diminished until we could hear individual voices from the courtyard below the window.
Although the available funds had diminished, the team remained determined to complete the most urgent repairs.
Formes
- diminish base form
- diminishes third-person singular present
- diminished past tense; past participle
- diminishing present participle