Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Verbi
- (transitive) To make smaller.
- (intransitive) To become less or smaller.
- (transitive) To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.
- (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- (intransitive) To taper.
- (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
- (transitive) To take away; to subtract.
Esimerkit
- The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[...]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
- This doth nothing diminish their opinion.
- I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- O thou [...] at whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished heads.
- Neither shall ye diminish aught from it.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | diminished | Partisiipin perfekti | diminisht (vanhahtava) |
| Imperfekti | diminished | Imperfekti | diminisht (vanhahtava) |
| Partisiipin preesens | diminishing | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | diminishes |