"diminish" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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diminish + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 23
diminish one's ability • diminish one's chances • diminish the power • diminish the value • diminish one's authority • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) greatly, vastly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
  • I had no doubt that, as time went on, I'd gradually diminish their number, perhaps to nothing.
  • They had gradually diminished as the valley dropped behind them.
  • However, the debt was gradually diminished, and fully paid in 1888.
  • This risk is particularly high in younger patients and gradually diminishes with age.
  • Since the 1940s the community has gradually diminished through emigration.
  • Her sight, now entirely gone, had diminished gradually for years, decades.
  • Paper manufacture gradually diminished, the main works closing in 1895.
  • The population continued to diminish gradually until stabilizing after 2000.
  • Since the start of the 20th century the population of the town has gradually diminished to just under 60,000.
  • The number of inherently masculine words has gradually diminished over the years.
2. suddenly diminished = nagle zmniejszyć suddenly diminished
(3) somewhat, slightly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) significantly, necessarily
Kolokacji: 2
(6) rapidly, slowly, quickly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) severely, seriously, sadly
Kolokacji: 3
(9) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) markedly, noticeably, visibly
Kolokacji: 3

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