Betekenis van:
diminish
to diminish
Werkwoord
- achteruitlopen, teruglopen, afnemen, slabakken, verminderen
- decrease in size, extent, or range
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to diminish
Werkwoord
- minderen
- decrease in size, extent, or range
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- To say so should not diminish his importance.
- With no supply of water from trees, rainfalls diminish in time and the area keeps drying up.
- It shall not disguise, diminish or obscure important items, statements or warnings.
- Therefore, the stringency of the requirements on motorcycle emissions will not diminish.
- In addition, bankruptcy proceedings take a long period of time, which can further diminish the value.
- The Commission would stress that the clarity of the State's commitment did not diminish with each successive declaration.
- The measure was introduced to diminish certain unfavourable effects that are attributable to the absence of group taxation in Hungary.
- Cool (4 °C) and dark storage of the soil solution within the lysimeter system will diminish biological activity.
- This is especially true given the close competition between the two strongest players, which would diminish as a result of the merger in favour of the leading firm.
- The Community must therefore be in a position to offset or at least to diminish any harmful effects in such a case.
- According to the Hungarian authorities, the aim of the measure was to diminish certain unfavourable effects that are attributable to the absence of group taxation in Hungary.
- Even if this figure should not be absolutely correct, it gives an idea that there is an encumbrances on Sementsverksmiðjan which can diminish the estimated liquidation value considerably.
- On the back of commodity price rises in the first half of 2008, inflation peaked at 3,2 %, and is expected to diminish in 2009.
- Given the above, it is concluded that the market share of the Community industry did not diminish as a result of intra-Community competition.
- The Commission also notes that the trend of this annual remuneration has been downward, and that the volume of paper certificates is expected to diminish over time.