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diminution

Syllables: di·mi·nu·tion/dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/

diminution noun: a lessening, decrease or reduction.

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Noun

diminution (countable and uncountable, plural diminutions)

  1. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
    • The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
    • Another part, feeling a diminution of confidence in him, still hope that the general tenor of his conduct will be essentially right.1800 October 24, Alexander Hamilton, “Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The...
    Synonyms:
    diminishment
  2. The act or process of making diminutive.
  3. a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

diminution meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

diminution in Hindi

diminution, decrement, reduction, decay, decline, deterioration
ह्रास hrās

diminution in Tamil

குறைவு, குறைதல்

diminution in Marathi

diminution, impairment; reduction in value or effectiveness
क्षती kṣatī

diminution in Urdu

نقص, کسر
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diminution in Malayalam
കുറവാകൽ, കുറയ്ക്കൽ, കുറവ്, ലഘുത്വം
diminution in Kannada
ಕ್ಷಯ kṣaya
diminution in Punjabi
ਘਾੱਟਾ ghāṭṭā
diminution in Sanskrit
क्षय kṣayá

Examples of diminution in a sentence

  • Cold is usually shapeless, I suppose, extending over large spaces equally, or with gradual diminution.1860, John Ruskin, chapter 1, in Modern Painters […], volume V, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part VII (Of Cloud Beauty), § 9...
  • Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN...

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Synonyms of diminution

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of diminution

Forms of diminution

pluraldiminutions

Origin of diminution

From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.

Words that rhyme with diminution

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Questions about diminution

What does diminution mean?
Diminution means a lessening, decrease or reduction.
What is diminution in Hindi?
Diminution in Hindi is ह्रास (hrās). See Diminution meaning in Hindi.
How do you use diminution in a sentence?
Cold is usually shapeless, I suppose, extending over large spaces equally, or with gradual diminution.
What part of speech is diminution?
Diminution is a noun.
How do you pronounce diminution?
Diminution is pronounced /dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/.
What is the plural of diminution?
The plural of diminution is diminutions.

Words near diminution in the dictionary

  1. diminuitive
  2. diminute
  3. diminuted
  4. diminutes
  5. diminuting
  6. diminution
  7. diminutions
  8. diminutival
  9. diminutive
  10. diminutively
  11. diminutiveness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diminution (page history and authors); ह्रास (Hindi) (page history and authors); diminution (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); क्षती (Marathi) (page history and authors); diminution (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diminution (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಕ್ಷಯ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਘਾੱਟਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); क्षय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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