minimize
/ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/ verbo B1En español: minimizar, achicar
- To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce. · We have to minimize the budget.· Try to minimize your biases.
- To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish. · The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.
- To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption. · I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
- To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.
- To treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize. · to minimize someone's feelings
He/she/it minimizes · Pasado minimized · Participio pasado minimized · Forma en -ing minimizing
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- Forma en -ing
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