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Detailed Synonyms for minimise in English

minimise:

to minimise verb, British

  1. to minimise
    to minimize; to reduce; to scale down; to crop; to trim; to shorten; to minimise
    • minimize verb, American (minimizes, minimized, minimizing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • crop verb (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • trim verb (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • minimise verb, British
  2. minimise
    – make small or insignificant 1
    to minimize; minimise
    – make small or insignificant 1
    • minimize verb, American (minimizes, minimized, minimizing)
      • Let's minimize the risk1
    • minimise verb, British
  3. minimise
    – represent as less significant or important 1
    to minimize; minimise; understate; downplay
    – represent as less significant or important 1
  4. minimise
    – cause to seem less serious; play down 1
    to minimize; to belittle; denigrate; minimise; derogate
    – cause to seem less serious; play down 1

minimise British

  1. minimise
    minimize; minimise

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Related Definitions for "minimise":

  1. make small or insignificant1
  2. represent as less significant or important1