minimize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: minimize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for minimize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minimize v make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk" Synonym(s): minimize, minimise Antonym(s): maximise, maximize represent as less significant or important Synonym(s): understate, minimize, minimise, downplay Antonym(s): amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" Synonym(s): minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minimize \Min"i*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minimized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Minimizimg}.] To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. --Bentham.