"diminishing" meaning in English

See diminishing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more diminishing [comparative], most diminishing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} diminishing (comparative more diminishing, superlative most diminishing)
  1. becoming smaller Derived forms: law of diminishing marginal utility Translations (becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent): decreixent (Catalan), pienentyvä (Finnish), tāromaroma (Maori), minskande (Swedish), avtagande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diminishing-en-adj-QUaK60CH

Noun

Forms: diminishings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} diminishing (plural diminishings)
  1. A diminishment.
    Sense id: en-diminishing-en-noun-HX5FMz-R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 69 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 67 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 69 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 74 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 68 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 68 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 68 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 69 9

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} diminishing
  1. present participle and gerund of diminish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: diminish
    Sense id: en-diminishing-en-verb-JEJcwOX4

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "pienentyvä"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "tāromaroma"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "minskande"
        },
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        }
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