One was the idea of diminishing returns, applied in this case to income or wealth.It will diminish rapidly with the distance in relatedness between individuals.Tate said the fences threaten to diminish property values in the neighborhood.Then business diminished, and the partners persuaded Stratford to live off his Prescott estate in Gloucestershire.With time, such resistance will doubtless diminish.The time Foreman spent with his children gradually diminished.3 → diminishing returns → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus diminish But that’s not to diminish the importance of his discoveries. ► see thesaurus at decrease 2 IMPORTANT to deliberately make someone or something appear less important or valuable than they really are Don’t let him diminish your achievements. These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain. ○ AWL verb 1 REDUCE to become or make something become smaller or less SYN reduce The party’s share of the electorate has diminished steadily.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English diminish di‧min‧ish / dəˈmɪnɪʃ /
