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Spell Bee Word: Diminish

Diminish (verb): to become smaller or less, or to make something smaller, weaker or less important.

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What does diminish mean?

Word: Diminish

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Diminish means to become smaller or less, or to make something smaller, weaker or less important.

Synonyms: reduce, decrease, shrink

Antonyms: increase, grow, enlarge

How do you spell diminish?

Syllables: di - min - ish

Tricky part: All three vowels are i. Students often start it with de, as in decrease.

Watch out for: deminish, diminsh, deminnish

Memory tip: Diminish is about things getting smaller, so picture its three i's shrinking one after another as you write them.

Diminish in a sentence

Example 1: The noise of the traffic diminished as we walked deeper into the forest.

Example 2: Do not let one bad test diminish your confidence.

Example 3: The river's flow diminishes every summer before the monsoon arrives.

Fun Fact

In music, a sign shaped like a narrowing wedge tells players to get gradually softer, and its Italian name comes from the same Latin family as diminish.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

diminish

a) lessen
b) improve
c) expand
d) replace

Show answer

a) lessen. To lessen is to make less, exactly what diminish means.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) embelish
b) diminish
c) astonnish
d) abolishe

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b) diminish. The others go wrong with a doubled n, a single l and an extra e at the end.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dimminish

a) s
b) i
c) n
d) m

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d) m. Di-min-ish has three short i sounds and no doubled consonant anywhere.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which change would diminish the noise in a classroom?

a) playing music in the corridor
b) turning the fan to full speed
c) closing the windows on a busy road
d) moving desks during the lesson

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c) closing the windows on a busy road

2. If your worry diminishes, it ____.

a) gets smaller
b) gets bigger
c) turns into anger
d) stays the same

Show answer

a) gets smaller

Associated Words

Words that end in -nish: burnish, banish, punish, admonish, vanish

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: reduce, decrease, shrink, increase, grow

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