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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#m1)

2) To diminish something is to make it smaller or less important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x1)
- His pain diminished after a rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x2)
- The pile of sweets diminished quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x3)
- (formal) The value of the car diminishes each year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x4)
- Don't let one mistake diminish your confidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x5)
- The sound diminished as the train went away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x6)
- Supplies of water diminished during the hot summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/#x7)

### 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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.127/)
- [If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.589/)
- [O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.323/)
- [Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.360/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diminish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diminish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.