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¨
diminish
/dÉĒËmÉĒnÉĒĘ/
to diminish
01
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨
to decrease in degree, size, etc.
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Resources are currently diminishing due to increased demand.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to lessen the perceived value, significance, or importance of someone or something
Transitive: to diminish sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The discovery of flaws in the research methodology diminished the credibility of the study's findings.
āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to become less significant or decrease in importance over time
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her influence in the company started to diminish after she left the leadership role.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
diminished
diminishing
diminishment
diminish
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
