minimise


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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
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Present Continuous
I am minimising
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we are minimising
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Present Perfect
I have minimised
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we have minimised
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Past Continuous
I was minimising
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we were minimising
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they were minimising
Past Perfect
I had minimised
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we had minimised
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Future
I will minimise
you will minimise
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Future Perfect
I will have minimised
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Future Continuous
I will be minimising
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been minimising
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you have been minimising
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been minimising
you will have been minimising
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we will have been minimising
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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
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Past Conditional
I would have minimised
you would have minimised
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we would have minimised
you would have minimised
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.minimise - represent as less significant or importantminimise - 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
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minimum

(ˈminiməm) adjective
smallest or lowest (possible, obtained, recorded etc). the minimum temperature last night.
nounplurals ˈminimums, ~ˈminima (-mə)
the smallest possible number, quantity etc or the lowest level. Tickets will cost a minimum of $20.
ˈminimal adjective
very small indeed. minimal expense.
ˈminimize, ˈminimise verb
1. to make as little as possible. to minimize the danger.
2. to cause to seem little or unimportant. He minimized the help he had received.
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.