Polyglot Dictionary

diminish

/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

verb B2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
diminishes
past
diminished
past participle
diminished
gerund
diminishing

Meaning

  1. disminuir

    • His influence began to diminish.

      Su influencia comenzó a disminuir.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

decrease

Near-total synonyms; diminish is slightly more formal/literary than the everyday decrease.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa diminish?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: His influence began to ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a diminish?

verb

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