minimize

English

Alternative forms

• minimise

Etymology

From Latin

Verb

minimize (third-person singular simple present minimizes, present participle minimizing, simple past and past participle minimized)

1. (transitive) To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
2. (computing, transitive) To cause a window to disappear without closing the program or file or discarding any data.

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

Translations

To make small as possible

Czech: minimalizovat (cs) French: minimiser (fr) German: minimieren (de)

Italian: minimizzare (it) Portuguese: minimizar (pt) Spanish: minimizar (es) Turkish: azaltmak (tr), cüceleştirmek (tr), küçültmek (tr), asgarīye indirmek (tr) (asgariye indirmek), en aza indirgemek (tr), (construction) en aza indirgemek (tr)

(computing) To cause a window to disappear

Estonian: ahendama (et)

German: minimieren (de) Turkish: küçült (tr), simge durumuna küçült (tr)

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Portuguese

Verb

minimize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb minimizar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb minimizar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb minimizar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb minimizar.