diminishable

  • 11diminishableness — n. state of being diminishable; reducibleness …

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  • 12reduceable — adj. diminishable, can be abated, can be decreased …

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  • 13reducible — re duc·i·ble || rɪ duːsÉ™bl /rɪ dju adj. can be decreased, diminishable; can be expressed in a simpler form …

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  • 14reducibly — adv. in a manner that can be decreased, in a diminishable manner; in a manner that can be expressed in a simpler form …

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  • 15diminish — verb 1》 make or become less. 2》 [as adjective diminished] Music denoting an interval which is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval. Phrases (the law of) diminishing returns the principle that as expenditure or… …

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  • 16undiminishable — un·diminishable …

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  • 17diminish — /dəˈmɪnɪʃ / (say duh minish) verb (t) 1. to make, or cause to seem, smaller; lessen; reduce: *This diffidence, far from diminishing her beauty, enhanced it in the eyes of the elegant by restoring the strength they had been in danger of losing.… …

  • 18diminish — [də min′ish] vt. [ME diminishen, a blend of diminuen, to reduce (< OFr diminuer < L diminuere, var. of deminuere < de , from + minuere, to lessen < minus, small) & minishen, to make smaller < OFr menusier < VL * minutiare < L …

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  • 19diminish — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. lessen the reputation or influence of (a person). Phrases and idioms: law of diminishing returns Econ. the fact that the increase of expenditure, investment, taxation, etc., beyond a certain… …

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  • 20un|di|min|ish|a|ble — «UHN duh MIHN ih shuh buhl», adjective. not diminishable; not subject to lessening or decrease: »Character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness (Emerson) …

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