Betekenis van:
diminish

to diminish
Werkwoord
  • achteruitlopen, teruglopen, afnemen, slabakken, verminderen
  • decrease in size, extent, or range

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Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen

to diminish
Werkwoord
    • lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. To say so should not diminish his importance.
    2. With no supply of water from trees, rainfalls diminish in time and the area keeps drying up.
    3. It shall not disguise, diminish or obscure important items, statements or warnings.
    4. Therefore, the stringency of the requirements on motorcycle emissions will not diminish.
    5. In addition, bankruptcy proceedings take a long period of time, which can further diminish the value.
    6. The Commission would stress that the clarity of the State's commitment did not diminish with each successive declaration.
    7. The measure was introduced to diminish certain unfavourable effects that are attributable to the absence of group taxation in Hungary.
    8. Cool (4 °C) and dark storage of the soil solution within the lysimeter system will diminish biological activity.
    9. 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.
    10. The Community must therefore be in a position to offset or at least to diminish any harmful effects in such a case.
    11. 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.
    12. 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.
    13. 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.
    14. Given the above, it is concluded that the market share of the Community industry did not diminish as a result of intra-Community competition.
    15. 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.