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.
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Origin of Minimize

  • From minimum

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

  • From Latin.

    From Wiktionary

Minimize Sentence Examples

  • In order to minimize expenditures, Dean planned to skip the motel bit and camp out on the tour.

  • He must minimize foreign influence, whether French, Spanish or German, in Italy.

  • But it tends to minimize the importance of the distinction of that which is prior to individual experience and that which results therefrom.

  • The NV7 has built-in OPS, an optical anti-shake technology, to minimize camera shake and to deliver clearer resolution.

  • Separation of recyclable materials on the doorstep to minimize contamination.

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