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minimise

DEFINITIONS OF: minimise

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v make small or insignificant

Synonyms:
minimize
Antonyms:
maximise, maximize
make as big or large as possible
Types:
hedge
minimize loss or risk
Type of:
decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller

v represent as less significant or important

Synonyms:
downplay, minimize, understate
Antonyms:
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Types:
trivialise, trivialize
make trivial or insignificant
Type of:
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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