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minimise

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Verb1.minimise - represent as less significant or important
downplay, understate, minimize
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
trivialise, trivialize - make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
2.minimise - make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
minimize
hedge - minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
maximize, maximise - make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"


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Struthers's Sunday evenings were not like a ball, and that her guests, as if to minimise their delinquency, usually went early.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
I, too, could call for small beers and minimise by two- thirds the detestable freightage with which comradeship burdened one.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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