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Meanings of minimize in English

Portuguese
minimizar

Represent as less significant or important.

      minimizar
      Portuguese
      minimizar
      Catalan
      denigrar

      Cause to seem less serious; play down.

            minimizar
            Portuguese
            minimizar
            Catalan
            minimitzar

            Make small or insignificant.

                  minimizar
                  Usage of minimize in English
                  1
                  An attorney can help you avoid this situation or minimize your risk.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  Effective interventions are needed to minimize the public health implications of obesity.
                  Pubmed
                  3
                  But simply trying to minimize the usage wasn't exactly solving the issue.
                  Wired
                  4
                  These findings identify targets for social policy initiatives to minimize health disparities.
                  Pubmed
                  5
                  Conclusions: The proposed thresholds minimize changes and keep coherence across anthropometric indicators.
                  Pubmed
                  6
                  Companies may need to hire multiple cloud-services providers to minimize this risk.
                  Reuters
                  7
                  Objective: Antibiotic prophylaxis is used to minimize infectious complications resulting from interventions.
                  Pubmed
                  8
                  This will help minimize debit card-related fraud and theft, the bank said.
                  Reuters
                  9
                  To minimize that, some companies are saying the W-2 should be used.
                  Reuters
                  10
                  An understanding of these differences may help minimize disparities in oncologic treatment.
                  Pubmed
                  11
                  That would minimize the risk of rejection and make more organs available.
                  Reuters
                  12
                  Do try to minimize misunderstandings and mixed signals, especially in the morning.
                  The South African
                  13
                  Whereas if we help Cachat, we might at least minimize the damage.
                  Crown of Slaves
                  14
                  We hope to minimize our losses, Lin told Reuters in his office.
                  Reuters
                  15
                  These funds are actively managed to minimize the taxable income they produce.
                  Reuters
                  16
                  I did not minimize that danger, despite Ramses's offhand request for assistance.
                  A river in the sky
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                  Minimize through the time
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