Rate your familiarity with the word diminish using the scale 1 to 5. | Part of Speech verb | Syllabication di-min-ish |
First Known Use early 1500s | Etymology from the Latin word deminuere meaning to "make completely small" |
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Definition to become less in size | Sentence The sunlight we get in the fall begins to diminish due to the tilt of the Earth and the revolution of the Earth around the sun. |