"diminish" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

diminish verbo

diminish + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 23

diminish one's ability • diminish one's chances • diminish the power • diminish the value • diminish one's authority • ...

Kolokacji: 2

1. diminish one's ability = zmniejszać czyjś umiejętność diminish one's ability

But the officials said that in recent days the air attacks had begun to diminish the Serbs' ability to wage war.
The change has not diminished the designer's creative ability.
It is sad that he has diminished his ability to be a credible force for better government, at least in the near future.
Rather, they said, it might just diminish a merchant's ability to determine prices.
Over time, environmental factors and aging diminish your body's ability to produce collagen.
But it's not only age that diminishes our ability to conceive.
That, he said, would have diminished the county's ability to float bonds for other projects in the future.
Watergate severely diminished Nixon's ability to deal with these crises.
Everyday we diminish the regime's ability to command and control its forces.
The cuts seem to have diminished workers' ability to negotiate for higher salaries.

2. diminish one's chances = zmniejszać czyjś szanse diminish one's chances

Grup znaczeniowych: 6

diminish + preposición

Kolokacji: 22

diminish over • diminished by • diminish in • diminish with • diminish to • ...

diminish + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 36

greatly diminished • gradually diminish • somewhat diminished • significantly diminished • further diminish • ...

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