minimize

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Synonyms: minimise, maximize, minimized, minibite, animize, minibike, minimizer, sinicize, minimill, minimizes, minimalize

Antonyms: minimise, maximize, minimized, minibite, animize, minibike, minimizer, sinicize, minimill, minimizes, minimalize

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make (something) [[smaller]] or as small as possible; [[shrink]]; [[reduce]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[relegate]] or [[assign]] (something) to a less insignificant status; [[diminish]].
3. {{lb|en|computing|transitive|graphical user interface}} To remove (a [[window]]) from the main display area, collapsing it to an [[icon]] or [[caption]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To treat (someone) in a [[slighting]] manner.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To treat as [[trivial]] or [[insignificant]]; to [[trivialize]].

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