Definition of diminution in English:

diminution

noun ˌdɪmɪˈnjuːʃ(ə)nˌdɪməˈn(j)uʃ(ə)n

1A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
a permanent diminution in value
mass noun the disease shows no signs of diminution
Example sentencesExamples
- Their combined activities result in a net diminution of wealth across the board, whether peanut farmers or tobacco farmers win their vaunted subsidies.
- The smaller back room was crowded with scaled-down pieces, which seemed to have picked up density and psychological charge along with their diminution in size.
- This is a reflection of the diminution in the importance of marriage, and of the adult relationship as the focus of attention for family law and policy, and of the shift towards an emphasis upon parenthood.
- The diminution of the importance of olfaction is a casualty of the drive towards the intellectualisation of modern life.
- The old man told him, with vain regrets, as age was creeping on him, and he had been obliged to relinquish part of his duties, that of delivering the town letters, and this meant a considerable diminution of salary.
- The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game.
- The obsession with size - or the diminution thereof - seems to lead some people to lose sight of what really matters, which is profitability.
- And with war, I see the problems I outlined earlier, and I see a diminution in the authority and the work of the United Nations for the future.
- Sexual behavior in women and men declines steadily from adolescence into older age, and to a lesser extent there is diminution in sexual desire.
- The diminution of the scope and autonomy of the private sphere constrains the potential for development of the individual through intimate relationships.
- But it is hard to sustain that insistence on the preservation of the Catholic tradition on the one hand with a total insistence on the diminution of a Protestant tradition on the other.
- At national level, the diminution in the importance of the marine sector within the Government structure continues.
- The other concerns some of the central moral arguments for the elimination of sex roles and the diminution, if not elimination, of the importance of distinctions connected with one's sex or race.
- Any attempt to force a decision on a woman represents a diminution of the woman's ability to control her own body, revealing an attitude that ‘women do not know what is good for them’.
- A by-product of the diminution of subjectivity was the undermining of medical science and the corresponding inflation of health as a moral discourse.
- But doctors have their patients' interests at heart and they don't like the diminution of service, especially the possibility of a six hour wait during an out of hours emergency.
- But it would signal a significant diminution of polarization only if the candidate were able to hold onto enough of the base to win the general election.
- The effect of the laws was to reduce total turnover by about 10 per cent, with a corresponding diminution of imports from other Member States.
- I want increased liberty, equality and fraternity, not a diminution of democracy as we are tiptoed into totalitarianism and authoritarianism.
- National-security types often assure us that wartime diminutions of civil liberties are only temporary.
Synonyms
curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cutback, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening, lowering, decrease, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation, limiting, curbing
weakening, undermining, sapping
decline, decrease, reduction, dwindling, shrinking, fading, failing, weakening, slackening, ebb, receding, wane, falling off
loss, erosion, depletion, impoverishment
1. 1.1Music The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He nurses it through E flat, B flat minor and various wispy diminutions, never losing sight of his beginning; then finally cranks it up through G flat / F sharp minor back to the initial high D for his recapitulation, ‘Who will remember?’
  The motif moves in dotted minims, and though diminutions of it and its inversion abound throughout the symphony, it is in this rhythmic form that it plays its most important role.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin deminutio(n-), from the verb deminuere (see diminish).

Rhymes

ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, retribution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution

Definition of diminution in US English:

diminution

nounˌdiməˈn(y)o͞oSH(ə)nˌdɪməˈn(j)uʃ(ə)n

1A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
a permanent diminution in value
the disease shows no signs of diminution
Example sentencesExamples
- But doctors have their patients' interests at heart and they don't like the diminution of service, especially the possibility of a six hour wait during an out of hours emergency.
- And with war, I see the problems I outlined earlier, and I see a diminution in the authority and the work of the United Nations for the future.
- I want increased liberty, equality and fraternity, not a diminution of democracy as we are tiptoed into totalitarianism and authoritarianism.
- The diminution of the scope and autonomy of the private sphere constrains the potential for development of the individual through intimate relationships.
- The other concerns some of the central moral arguments for the elimination of sex roles and the diminution, if not elimination, of the importance of distinctions connected with one's sex or race.
- The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game.
- The effect of the laws was to reduce total turnover by about 10 per cent, with a corresponding diminution of imports from other Member States.
- A by-product of the diminution of subjectivity was the undermining of medical science and the corresponding inflation of health as a moral discourse.
- Any attempt to force a decision on a woman represents a diminution of the woman's ability to control her own body, revealing an attitude that ‘women do not know what is good for them’.
- But it would signal a significant diminution of polarization only if the candidate were able to hold onto enough of the base to win the general election.
- This is a reflection of the diminution in the importance of marriage, and of the adult relationship as the focus of attention for family law and policy, and of the shift towards an emphasis upon parenthood.
- But it is hard to sustain that insistence on the preservation of the Catholic tradition on the one hand with a total insistence on the diminution of a Protestant tradition on the other.
- At national level, the diminution in the importance of the marine sector within the Government structure continues.
- National-security types often assure us that wartime diminutions of civil liberties are only temporary.
- The smaller back room was crowded with scaled-down pieces, which seemed to have picked up density and psychological charge along with their diminution in size.
- Their combined activities result in a net diminution of wealth across the board, whether peanut farmers or tobacco farmers win their vaunted subsidies.
- The diminution of the importance of olfaction is a casualty of the drive towards the intellectualisation of modern life.
- The old man told him, with vain regrets, as age was creeping on him, and he had been obliged to relinquish part of his duties, that of delivering the town letters, and this meant a considerable diminution of salary.
- The obsession with size - or the diminution thereof - seems to lead some people to lose sight of what really matters, which is profitability.
- Sexual behavior in women and men declines steadily from adolescence into older age, and to a lesser extent there is diminution in sexual desire.
Synonyms
curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cutback, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening, lowering, decrease, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation, limiting, curbing
decline, decrease, reduction, dwindling, shrinking, fading, failing, weakening, slackening, ebb, receding, wane, falling off
1. 1.1Music The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He nurses it through E flat, B flat minor and various wispy diminutions, never losing sight of his beginning; then finally cranks it up through G flat / F sharp minor back to the initial high D for his recapitulation, ‘Who will remember?’
  The motif moves in dotted minims, and though diminutions of it and its inversion abound throughout the symphony, it is in this rhythmic form that it plays its most important role.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin deminutio(n-), from the verb deminuere (see diminish).

单词	diminution
释义	Definition of diminution in English: diminution noun ˌdɪmɪˈnjuːʃ(ə)nˌdɪməˈn(j)uʃ(ə)n 1A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. a permanent diminution in value mass noun the disease shows no signs of diminution Example sentencesExamples Their combined activities result in a net diminution of wealth across the board, whether peanut farmers or tobacco farmers win their vaunted subsidies. The smaller back room was crowded with scaled-down pieces, which seemed to have picked up density and psychological charge along with their diminution in size. This is a reflection of the diminution in the importance of marriage, and of the adult relationship as the focus of attention for family law and policy, and of the shift towards an emphasis upon parenthood. The diminution of the importance of olfaction is a casualty of the drive towards the intellectualisation of modern life. The old man told him, with vain regrets, as age was creeping on him, and he had been obliged to relinquish part of his duties, that of delivering the town letters, and this meant a considerable diminution of salary. The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game. The obsession with size - or the diminution thereof - seems to lead some people to lose sight of what really matters, which is profitability. And with war, I see the problems I outlined earlier, and I see a diminution in the authority and the work of the United Nations for the future. Sexual behavior in women and men declines steadily from adolescence into older age, and to a lesser extent there is diminution in sexual desire. The diminution of the scope and autonomy of the private sphere constrains the potential for development of the individual through intimate relationships. But it is hard to sustain that insistence on the preservation of the Catholic tradition on the one hand with a total insistence on the diminution of a Protestant tradition on the other. At national level, the diminution in the importance of the marine sector within the Government structure continues. The other concerns some of the central moral arguments for the elimination of sex roles and the diminution, if not elimination, of the importance of distinctions connected with one's sex or race. Any attempt to force a decision on a woman represents a diminution of the woman's ability to control her own body, revealing an attitude that ‘women do not know what is good for them’. A by-product of the diminution of subjectivity was the undermining of medical science and the corresponding inflation of health as a moral discourse. But doctors have their patients' interests at heart and they don't like the diminution of service, especially the possibility of a six hour wait during an out of hours emergency. But it would signal a significant diminution of polarization only if the candidate were able to hold onto enough of the base to win the general election. The effect of the laws was to reduce total turnover by about 10 per cent, with a corresponding diminution of imports from other Member States. I want increased liberty, equality and fraternity, not a diminution of democracy as we are tiptoed into totalitarianism and authoritarianism. National-security types often assure us that wartime diminutions of civil liberties are only temporary. Synonyms curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cutback, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening, lowering, decrease, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation, limiting, curbing weakening, undermining, sapping decline, decrease, reduction, dwindling, shrinking, fading, failing, weakening, slackening, ebb, receding, wane, falling off loss, erosion, depletion, impoverishment 1.1Music The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. Example sentencesExamples He nurses it through E flat, B flat minor and various wispy diminutions, never losing sight of his beginning; then finally cranks it up through G flat / F sharp minor back to the initial high D for his recapitulation, ‘Who will remember?’ The motif moves in dotted minims, and though diminutions of it and its inversion abound throughout the symphony, it is in this rhythmic form that it plays its most important role. Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin deminutio(n-), from the verb deminuere (see diminish). Rhymes ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, retribution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution Definition of diminution in US English: diminution nounˌdiməˈn(y)o͞oSH(ə)nˌdɪməˈn(j)uʃ(ə)n 1A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. a permanent diminution in value the disease shows no signs of diminution Example sentencesExamples But doctors have their patients' interests at heart and they don't like the diminution of service, especially the possibility of a six hour wait during an out of hours emergency. And with war, I see the problems I outlined earlier, and I see a diminution in the authority and the work of the United Nations for the future. I want increased liberty, equality and fraternity, not a diminution of democracy as we are tiptoed into totalitarianism and authoritarianism. The diminution of the scope and autonomy of the private sphere constrains the potential for development of the individual through intimate relationships. The other concerns some of the central moral arguments for the elimination of sex roles and the diminution, if not elimination, of the importance of distinctions connected with one's sex or race. The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game. The effect of the laws was to reduce total turnover by about 10 per cent, with a corresponding diminution of imports from other Member States. A by-product of the diminution of subjectivity was the undermining of medical science and the corresponding inflation of health as a moral discourse. Any attempt to force a decision on a woman represents a diminution of the woman's ability to control her own body, revealing an attitude that ‘women do not know what is good for them’. But it would signal a significant diminution of polarization only if the candidate were able to hold onto enough of the base to win the general election. This is a reflection of the diminution in the importance of marriage, and of the adult relationship as the focus of attention for family law and policy, and of the shift towards an emphasis upon parenthood. But it is hard to sustain that insistence on the preservation of the Catholic tradition on the one hand with a total insistence on the diminution of a Protestant tradition on the other. At national level, the diminution in the importance of the marine sector within the Government structure continues. National-security types often assure us that wartime diminutions of civil liberties are only temporary. The smaller back room was crowded with scaled-down pieces, which seemed to have picked up density and psychological charge along with their diminution in size. Their combined activities result in a net diminution of wealth across the board, whether peanut farmers or tobacco farmers win their vaunted subsidies. The diminution of the importance of olfaction is a casualty of the drive towards the intellectualisation of modern life. The old man told him, with vain regrets, as age was creeping on him, and he had been obliged to relinquish part of his duties, that of delivering the town letters, and this meant a considerable diminution of salary. The obsession with size - or the diminution thereof - seems to lead some people to lose sight of what really matters, which is profitability. Sexual behavior in women and men declines steadily from adolescence into older age, and to a lesser extent there is diminution in sexual desire. Synonyms curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cutback, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening, lowering, decrease, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation, limiting, curbing decline, decrease, reduction, dwindling, shrinking, fading, failing, weakening, slackening, ebb, receding, wane, falling off 1.1Music The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. Example sentencesExamples He nurses it through E flat, B flat minor and various wispy diminutions, never losing sight of his beginning; then finally cranks it up through G flat / F sharp minor back to the initial high D for his recapitulation, ‘Who will remember?’ The motif moves in dotted minims, and though diminutions of it and its inversion abound throughout the symphony, it is in this rhythmic form that it plays its most important role. Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin deminutio(n-), from the verb deminuere (see diminish).
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