Minimize

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.

"We have to minimize the budget.; Try to minimize your biases."

2.VerbTo relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.

"The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability."

3.VerbTo remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.

"I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop."

4.VerbTo treat (someone) in a slighting manner.

5.VerbTo treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize.

"to minimize someone's feelings"

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