diminished

Meanings

• Adjective

  Reduced in size, amount, degree, or importance.

  - "The company's profits have been diminished due to the economic downturn."
  - "His health has been diminished by years of smoking."

• Verb

  Make (something) smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.

  - "The sun slowly diminishes as it sets."
  - "His power was diminished by the new ruler."

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Rhymes

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diminish , hymnish , minish , shrinkish

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Variants

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diminished , diminish , diminishable , diminishes , diminishing , diminishment , diminishments

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Etymology

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From Old French diminuer, from dimin-, dimin- 'lessen' + -er, a suffix denoting a verb.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'diminished' comes from the Latin word 'diminuere', which means 'to lessen' or 'to make smaller'.

2. In music theory, a diminished seventh chord is also known as a half-diminished seventh chord.

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1. diminishing returns: A concept in economics where the additional cost of producing one more unit of output is greater than the additional revenue gained from selling that unit.

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Culture

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In music, a diminished chord is a chord built on the seventh scale degree of a major key, which is a half-diminished seventh chord if the seventh is minor, or a fully diminished seventh chord if the seventh is major and all other notes are minor.

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