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{
"term": "minimize",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "minimize",
"heSheIt": "minimizes"
},
"pastSimple": "minimized",
"pastParticiple": "minimized",
"ingForm": "minimizing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to reduce something, especially something bad, to the lowest possible level",
"sensetop": "minimize something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection."
},
{
"text": "Costs were minimized by using plastic instead of leather."
},
{
"text": "The proposals are designed to minimize waste and encourage recycling."
},
{
"text": "measures to help minimize the effects of the recession"
},
{
"text": "to pay the cheapest possible rent in order to minimize costs"
},
{
"text": "They worked at night in order to minimize the disruption."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to try to make something seem less important than it really is",
"sensetop": "minimize something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something small, especially on a computer screen",
"sensetop": "minimize something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Minimize any windows you have open."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪz/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimize__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimizes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimized__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimizing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪz/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimize__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimizes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimized__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "mi/minimize/minimizing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}