āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
minimize
/ËmÉĒnÉĒËmaÉĒz/
minimise
to minimize
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āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to reduce something to the lowest possible degree or amount, particularly something unpleasant
Transitive: to minimize sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team is currently working to minimize errors in the new software release.
āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to represent or consider something as less significant or important than it truly is
Transitive: to minimize importance of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician sought to minimize the scandal by emphasizing unrelated accomplishments during their tenure.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to treat something or someone with disregard or lack of respect
Transitive: to minimize sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician 's campaign strategy aimed to minimize his opponent's credibility by spreading rumors.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
minimized
minimize
mini
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