📖 Определения и значения для слова diminish
📒 to become smaller, weaker, etc.; to make something become smaller, weaker, etc.
- The world's resources are rapidly diminishing.
- His influence has diminished with time.
- diminish something The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances.
📒 to make somebody/something seem less important than they really are
- I don't wish to diminish the importance of their contribution.
- The trial has aged and diminished him.
📒 used to refer to a point at which you start achieving less than the value of the time or money you put into something
- Our efforts were producing diminishing returns.
- In general, the more exercise you take, the greater the health benefit; but beyond a certain level you get diminishing returns.