Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
diminuendo .
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Examples
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Ah, my good friend, my heart rejoices to see you, for the friendship I have entertained for you has not dimin ished.
Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005
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"What's dimin --" the little girl started to say, but her mother shushed her.
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"What's dimin --" the little girl started to say, but her mother shushed her.
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And yet the expected army looked curiously dwarfed, dimin-ished, as though half its number had deserted in the night.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Chess shouted, watching soarwa - gon, rope, supply pole, and raisin-and-cider pack dimin - ish into the distance.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Chess shouted, watching soarwa - gon, rope, supply pole, and raisin-and-cider pack dimin - ish into the distance.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Chess shouted, watching soarwa - gon, rope, supply pole, and raisin-and-cider pack dimin - ish into the distance.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Slowly, year by year, just as in the Soviet Union, the food-producing capacity of the land dimin - ished until what had once been known as the bread - basket of Europe, a land of waving wheat fields capable of feeding a hundred Million, became a land of deficiency.
Poland Michener, James 1983
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This meant that such gravity was dimin - ished even further between the domes, since it could only be focused and directed, not created or eliminated.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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This meant that such gravity was dimin - ished even further between the domes, since it could only be focused and directed, not created or eliminated.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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