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verb
- 1. reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree: "the aim is to minimize costs" Similar Opposite
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MINIMIZE definition: 1. to reduce something to the least possible level or amount: 2. to make something seem less…. Learn more.
to reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount: We rented an office in the cheap part of town to minimize costs. You should spread your investments to minimize the risk of large losses. The airline is trying to minimize the impact of the strike on the public.
1. : to reduce or keep to a minimum. minimize costs. minimize delays. 2. : to underestimate intentionally : play down, soft-pedal. minimizing losses in our own forces while maximizing those of the enemy. 3. : to replace (a window) on a computer display with a small button or icon which will restore the window when selected. minimization.
If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer.
MINIMIZE meaning: 1. to make the amount of something that is unpleasant or not wanted as small as possible: 2. to…. Learn more.
to reduce to or estimate at the least possible degree or amount. to minimize a risk. to rank or treat at less than the true worth; belittle. to minimize someone's achievements.
1. To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree. 2. To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size: minimized the magnitude of the crisis. [From minimum .] min′i·mi·za′tion (-mĭ-zā′shən) n. min′i·miz′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
minimize something to reduce something, especially something bad, to the lowest possible level. Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection. Costs were minimized by using plastic instead of leather. opposite maximize
If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level. 2. If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
The verb minimize describes making something smaller or less serious. It typically refers to something negative that is being reduced, like when you eat at home instead of in restaurants to minimize expenses.
