minimise

Verb

minimize (third-person singular simple present minimizes, present participle minimizing, simple past and past participle minimized)

1. (transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
   • We have to minimize the budget.

   Synonyms:

   besmall, smallify, abase, abate, belittle, bring down, embase, cut, decrease, decrement

   Antonyms:

   maximize

2. (transitive) To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.
   • The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.

   Synonyms:

   lessen, lower, reduce, abase, abate, belittle, besmall, bring down, embase, cut

3. (transitive) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
   • I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

   Antonyms:

   maximize

4. (transitive) To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.
   • […] father who had never openly minimized him or anything he did […]1993, Jan McDaniel, One Golden Summer, page 95
5. (transitive) To treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize.
   • to minimize someone's feelings

   Synonyms:

   banalize, disparage, play down, bagatellize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate