"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 • ...
(2) chance, opportunity
Kolokacji: 2
1. diminish responsibility = osłab odpowiedzialność diminish responsibility
3. diminish demand = zmniejsz żądanie diminish demand
4. diminish anxiety = osłab niepokój diminish anxiety
  • This, in turn, can diminish anxiety and exaggerated guilt.
  • Alcohol diminishes stress, anxiety and self-consciousness and induces feelings of relaxation and conviviality.
  • Over the next few months and years, the expansion of the network of pipelines in the Middle East, which was under way even before the Iraq-Iran war began in 1980, will diminish anxiety over obtaining oil supplies from the region, United States officials and Arab oil industry sources agree.
  • Cognitive-behavioral interventions that diminish the distress associated with early insomnia and change the goal from "need to sleep" to "just relax" can diminish anxiety and promote sleep.
  • First is what he calls "pseudo-self-esteem," which he describes as "an irrational pretense at self-value," and "a nonrational, self-protective device to diminish anxiety and to provide a spurious sense of security".
  • It was designed to diminish the worry and anxiety by a sense of control and cognitive awareness.
  • In a 2004 journal article Economist Alex Tabarrok argues that allowing organ sales, and elimination of organ donor lists will increase supply, lower costs and diminish social anxiety towards organ markets.
(6) support, resource
Kolokacji: 2
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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