diminutions
Meaning of diminutions
plural noun
- a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
a permanent diminution in value
the disease shows no signs of diminution
Middle English: via Old French from Latin deminutio(n- ), from the verb deminuere (see diminish).
Information about diminutions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of diminutions is: diminution.
- Languages in which diminutions is used:
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Hyphenation of diminutions
diminu-tions
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- diminutions is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
diminutions synonyms
Meaning the action or fact of reducing or restricting something:
Meaning reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
Meaning an act or instance of reducing something, especially expenditure:
Meaning a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane:
Meaning the reduction of the force, effect, or value of something:
Meaning the amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning the action of moving someone or something in a downward direction:
Meaning an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer:
Meaning the process of becoming smaller:
Meaning the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening:
Meaning a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one:
Meaning a limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction:
Meaning setting or serving as a limit to something:
Meaning restrain or keep in check:
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning the action or process of lessening the effectiveness, power, or ability of someone or something, especially gradually or insidiously:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value:
Meaning gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming:
Meaning make or become slack:
Meaning the movement of the tide out to sea:
Meaning go or move back or further away from a previous position:
Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:
Meaning the fact or process of losing something or someone:
Meaning the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents:
Meaning reduction in the number or quantity of something:
Meaning the process of becoming poor; loss of wealth:
diminutions antonyms
Meaning a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something:
Meaning the action of becoming larger or more extensive:
Meaning the process of increasing in size:
Words that rhyme with diminutions
ions, eccaleobions, excambions, gabions, symbions, Halcions, cions, coercions, epinicions, scions, suspicions, unsuspicions, accordions, collodions, diacodions, encheiridions, enchiridions, gammadions, melodions, pyramidions, rhipidions, stasidions, tordions, turdions, Legions, analogions, bioregions, contagions, euchologions, irreligions, legions, logions, regions, religions, subregions, tragions, trisagions, Malathions, antifashions, apocynthions, cushions, ethions, falchions, fashions, fauchions, faulchions, fenthions, fushions, gnathions, gumphions
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