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Adjective diminishing has 1 sense
- diminishing - becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"
Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
Verb diminish has 2 senses
- decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--1 is one way to change magnitude
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- diminish, belittle - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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