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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "improve"
},
{
"word": "repair"
},
{
"word": "renovate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:diminish",
"word": "augment"
}
],
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"word": "diminishment"
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{
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"word": "law of diminishing returns"
}
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"expansion": "Old French diminuer",
"name": "der"
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"2": "la",
"3": "dīminuo"
},
"expansion": "Latin dīminuo",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish.",
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "diminution"
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"name": "Size",
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"parents": [
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"All topics",
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],
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}
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{
"ref": "2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23",
"text": "The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"To make smaller."
],
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"links": [
[
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make smaller."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵassa",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "خَسَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "domüa",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "দমোৱা"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "намалявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "zmenšit"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "verkleinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "malgrandigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "plimalgrandigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "pienentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "réduire"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amcirebs",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "ამცირებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeamcirebs",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "შეამცირებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aṗaṭaravebs",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "აპატარავებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daaṗaṭaravebs",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "დააპატარავებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "vermindern"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "verkleinern"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "reduzieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "verringern"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "meióō",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "μειόω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "elassóō",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "ἐλασσόω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "beagaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "dēdūcō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "minuō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminuō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "samazināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "sumažinti"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "whakamimiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "tāharahara"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "asllayachiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "chikachay"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "huch'uiyachiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "micșora"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminua"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "reduce"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹ",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшить"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kṣīyate",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "क्षीयते"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "diminuir (disused)"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "jibarizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 10 0 0 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To make smaller",
"word": "minska"
}
]
},
{
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"_dis": "55 45 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Size",
"orig": "en:Size",
"parents": [
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Bam Nuttall Partnership Award: Kilmarnock”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58",
"text": "In the latter years of its existence, BR was rationalising its estate by pulling down station buildings which were too large for its modern operational needs, or by shutting off parts of them when demolition was not an option. Kilmarnock station falls into this latter category. It dominates the townscape, but its operational importance has seriously diminished since electrification of the West Coast Main Line.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become less or smaller."
],
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"smaller",
"smaller"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become less or smaller."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasel",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "պակասել"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "doma",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "দমা"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otslabvam",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "отслабвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "afnemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "verkleinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "malgrandiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "plimalgrandiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "pienentyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "rétrécir"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "rapetisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mcirdeba",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "მცირდება"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemcirdeba",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "შემცირდება"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗaṭaravdeba",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "პატარავდება"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗaṭaravdeba",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "დაპატარავდება"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "schrumpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "dēcrescō"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "whakatōririki"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "áádįįł"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "huch'uiyay"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "yawyay"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "disminuirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminuirse (disused)"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 58 4 3 4 4",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "spāw-"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1639, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197,\n[…] this doth nothing diminish their opinion."
},
{
"ref": "1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost/Book_IV), Book 4, lines 32-35",
"text": "O thou, that, with surpassing glory crowned,\nLookest from thy sole dominion like the God\nOf this new world; at whose sight all the stars\nHide their diminished heads; to thee I call,",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961, V. S. Naipaul, chapter 3, in A House for Mr Biswas, London: André Deutsch",
"text": "In Seth’s presence Mr Biswas felt diminished. Everything about Seth was overpowering: his calm manner, his smooth grey hair, his ivory holder, his hard swollen forearms […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming)."
],
"id": "en-diminish-en-verb-hj6p8~wt",
"links": [
[
"lessen",
"lessen"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
],
[
"dignity",
"dignity"
],
[
"put down",
"put down"
],
[
"degrade",
"degrade"
],
[
"abase",
"abase"
],
[
"weaken",
"weaken"
],
[
"nerf",
"nerf"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 6 55 5 5 27",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone",
"word": "verlagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 55 5 5 27",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone",
"word": "diminuer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Cranford, London: J.M. Dent, published 1904, page 120",
"text": "The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To taper."
],
"id": "en-diminish-en-verb-TNzrkEFU",
"links": [
[
"taper",
"taper"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To taper."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaostrjam",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "заострям"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "maldikiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "mallarĝiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "kaventua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "amincir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "schmälern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "abschwächen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "verringern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 4 88 1 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "diminuir"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
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"ref": "1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, Penguin, published 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77",
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "rétrécir"
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "მცირდება"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemcirdeba",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "შემცირდება"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "პატარავდება"
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "დაპატარავდება"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "schrumpfen"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "dēcrescō"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "whakatōririki"
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"code": "nv",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "áádįįł"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
"word": "huch'uiyay"
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{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "To become smaller",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "To become smaller",
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"code": "es",
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaostrjam",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "заострям"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "maldikiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "mallarĝiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "kaventua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "amincir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "schmälern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "abschwächen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "verringern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To taper",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone",
"word": "verlagen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone",
"word": "diminuer"
}
],
"word": "diminish"
}
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