[dɪˈmɪnɪʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become less
(e.g: the new law is expected to diminish the government's chances)


Phrases:
- diminishing returns
- the law of diminishing returns

Origin:
late Middle English: blend of archaic minish ‘diminish’ (based on Latin minutia ‘smallness’) and obsolete diminue ‘speak disparagingly’ (based on Latin deminuere ‘lessen’ (in late Latin diminuere), from minuere ‘make small’)