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Synonyms for minimise
min·imise
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Princeton's WordNet
understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb
represent as less significant or important
Synonyms:
belittle, denigrate, play down, understate, downplay, minimize, derogate, backgroundminimize, minimiseverb
make small or insignificant
"Let's minimize the risk"
Synonyms:
downplay, minimize, derogate, belittle, understate, denigrate
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "minimise":
minimize, minimizing, reduce, minimising, minimizes, downplay, trivialise
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1583 | background | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#18012 | minimizing | |
#20312 | minimise | |
#26493 | minimizes | |
#42007 | minimising | |
#69070 | downplay | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#96978 | understate | |
#144647 | derogate |
How to use minimise in a sentence?
It will have operational consequences, we will do our best to minimise the risk of load shedding, striking a balance with Eskom's already depleted balance sheet.
It’s unrealistic to say that we can’t convert more land, given that the world’s population is growing, especially in developing countries, but we still must minimise carbon emissions while pursuing agricultural development.
But we still must minimise carbon emissions while pursuing agricultural development.
It cannot be excluded that in order to minimise the operational risk we will reduce the scale of orders from JSW.
The UK government is actively working with Tata Steel and the British Steel Pension Scheme's Trustees to find a solution that will help minimise its impact on a potential purchaser, and potentially separate it from the business.
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