dim
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
Old English dimm. Compare Icelandic dimmur ("dark") and dimma ("darkness").
[edit] Adjective
dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)
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- not bright or colorful
- not smart or intelligent
- indistinct, hazy or unclear
- disapproving, unfavorable, rarely used outside the phrase "take a dim view of".
[edit] Translations
not bright, not colourful
indistinct
not smart
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[edit] Verb
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to dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)
- (transitive) To make something less bright.
- (intransitive) To become darker.
[edit] Translations
To make something less bright
To become darker
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[edit] Indonesian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
dim
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.
[edit] Noun
dim (m and f), dimt (n), dimme (pl)
- dim
- to have bad vision
- Han er dim på synet
- His vision is dim/bad
- Han er dim på synet
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Noun
dȉm m. (Cyrillic spelling ди̏м)
[edit] Declension
declension of dim
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | dim | dimovi |
| genitive | dima | dimova |
| dative | dimu | dimovima |
| accusative | dim | dimove |
| vocative | dime | dimovi |
| locative | dimu | dimovima |
| instrumental | dimom | dimovima |
[edit] Slovene
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dim m.
- smoke (particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material)
[edit] Welsh
[edit] Adjective
dim
[edit] Noun
dim m.
