Minimize Definition

mĭnə-mīz
minimized, minimizes, minimizing
verb
minimized, minimizes, minimizing
To reduce to a minimum; decrease to the least possible amount, degree, etc.
Webster's New World
To estimate or make appear to be of the least possible amount, value, or importance.
Webster's New World

(computing, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.

I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
Wiktionary

Origin of Minimize

  • From minimum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin.

    From Wiktionary

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