"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
(3) somewhat, slightly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) significantly, necessarily
Kolokacji: 2
(6) rapidly, slowly, quickly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) severely, seriously, sadly
Kolokacji: 3
  • By any measure, business is seriously diminished at the track.
  • Bus officials warned that the cuts could seriously diminish service.
  • We have to seriously diminish his capacity to maintain that policy.
  • "If Jerry does not accomplish this, the prospects for the company are seriously diminished."
  • "His veto power is going to be seriously diminished."
  • If Hannibal had another 50,000 in reserve, his capabilities would not have been seriously diminished.
  • The respect for the court has been seriously diminished.
  • He did not explain at what point he would consider the Iraqi threat "seriously diminished."
  • We have had Presidents with personal problems that seriously diminished their public judgment and power to govern effectively.
  • But if the borough leaves the city, his chances of re-election in 1997 will be seriously diminished.
3. sadly diminished = smutno zmniejszyć sadly diminished
(9) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) markedly, noticeably, visibly
Kolokacji: 3

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