Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - minimize
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Minimize
minimize
transitive verb (-mized; -mizing) Date: 1825 1. to reduce or keep to a minimum 2. to underestimate intentionally ; play down, soft-pedal minimizing losses in our own forces while maximizing those of the enemy • minimization noun • ~r noun
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1.
1) доводить до минимума 2) минимизировать 3) минимизовать 4) обеспечивать минимум minimize the error signal — отрабатывать сигнал ошибки ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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3.
1. доводить до минимума it will help to minimize the damage —- это поможет свести ущерб до минимума 2. преуменьшать to minimize the accident —- преуменьшать серьезность катастрофы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(minimizes, minimizing, minimized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'minimise' 1. If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning. ? maximize VERB: V n 2. If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors... = play down ? maximize VERB: V n 3. If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it. Click the square icon again to minimize the window. ? maximize VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ ise BrE v 1 to reduce something to the smallest possible amount or degree (We need to minimize disruptions to the schedule.) 2 to make something seem less serious or important than it really is (a tendency to minimize the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace) (- compare maximize) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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