dim
dim
dÉĒm
dim
/dˈÉĒm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dim"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āφāϞ⧋āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

lacking brightness or sufficient light
dim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room grew dim as the sun set behind the horizon.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ, āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āύāϝāĻŧ

lacking brightness or mental sharpness
dim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the debate, he presented dim arguments that failed to address the nuanced aspects of the issue.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻāĻžāĻĒāϏāĻž

(of an object or shape) not clearly seen because of distance, darkness, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As she walked further away, the details of the dim figure became harder to discern.
āϝāϤāχ āϏ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
3.1

āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻāĻžāĻĒāϏāĻž

not vividly remembered or clearly articulated in one’s thoughts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her dim recollections of the event made it difficult to provide accurate details.
āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ

(of light or color) lacking intensity or not easily perceptible
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dim hue of the sunset painted the sky in muted shades of orange and purple.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āϰāĻ™ āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧁āύāĻŋ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻļ⧇āĻĄā§‡ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϕ⧇ āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ, āφāĻļāĻžāĻšā§€āύ

conveying a sense of bleakness or lack of optimism about future possibilities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dim forecast for the company ’s growth led to skepticism about its future.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ

(of eyes) lacking brightness or clarity, often appearing dull or unfocused
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dim gaze of the elderly man suggested he had seen too much in his lifetime.
āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ

(of a sound) muffled or lacking in clarity and sharpness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As I walked away, the voices behind me grew dim, fading into the background.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something less bright or shiny
Transitive: to dim lights or a source of light
to dim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sunset is currently dimming the natural light in the room.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āφāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become less intense or prominent
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His enthusiasm for the project dimmed over time, replaced by a sense of disillusionment and apathy.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻš āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to blind or obscure someone's vision
Transitive: to dim someone's vision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her tears dimmed her eyes, making it difficult for her to see clearly.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āϜāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ–āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to gradually reduce in brightness or intensity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stars dimmed as clouds rolled in, obscuring their brightness with a veil of gray.
āĻŽā§‡āϘ āĻāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϧ⧂āϏāϰ āφāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻž āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻž

to adjust the intensity of a vehicle's headlights by lowering their beam, to prevent blinding or dazzling oncoming drivers
Transitive: to dim a vehicle's headlights
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He quickly dimmed his headlights when he noticed an oncoming car approaching on the narrow country lane.
āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāϞāĻžāχāϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

dimly
dimness
dim
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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