minimize

(mĭn'ə-mīz')
tr.v., -mized, -miz·ing, -miz·es.

1. 1. To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.
   2. Usage Problem. To reduce. See Usage Note at minimal.
2. To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size: minimized the magnitude of the crisis. See synonyms at decry.

[From MINIMUM.]

minimization min'i·mi·za'tion (-mĭ-zā'shən) n.
minimizer min'i·miz'er n.

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A feature of a graphics-based operating system that hides the application currently on screen. To show the app is still open, an icon representing the program is placed on the Taskbar in Windows or the Dock in the Mac. Clicking the Taskbar or Dock icon restores the application to its previous size and location on screen. Contrast with maximize. See Win Minimize windows.

Minimize Buttons

The underscore button (_) is the minimize button in Windows and Mac. Clicking it sends the application to the sidelines.

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verb

To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, run down, slight, talk down. Idioms: makelightlittleof. See attack/defend, show/hide.

v

Definition: make smaller; underrate
Antonyms: enlarge, exaggerate, maximize, overestimate, overrate

(DOD) A condition wherein normal message and telephone traffic is drastically reduced in order that messages connected with an actual or simulated emergency shall not be delayed.

IN BRIEF: To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Great managers constantly seek to minimize uncertainty. — Chuck Coonradt.

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See words rhyming with "minimizer."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - formindske, bagatellisere, undervurdere

Nederlands (Dutch)
minimaliseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - réduire, minimiser, (Comput) réduire

Deutsch (German)
v. - auf das Minimum reduzieren, herunterspielen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ελαχιστοποιώ, μικραίνω, ελαττώνω, υποβιβάζω, κατεβάζω την αξία ή τη σημασία, περιορίζω

Italiano (Italian)
minimizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - minimizar (Comp.)

Русский (Russian)
доводить до минимума, преуменьшать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - minimizar, reducir al mínimo, empequeñecer, menospreciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - minimera, förringa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
将...减到最少

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 將...減到最少

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 최대한 작게 하다, 과소 평가하다, 얕보다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 最小にする, 見くびる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصغر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקטין (למינימום), מזער, ייחס חשיבות מעטה‬

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