Associations to the word «Diminishing»
Noun
- Perspective
- Subsistence
- Ripple
- Mortality
- Roar
- Protestantism
- Exploitation
- Echo
- Effect
- Stock
- Strength
- Labor
- Profit
- Wasting
- Growth
- Segregation
- Preference
- Scale
- Amount
- Motion
- Rate
- Influence
- Wealth
- Cost
- Taxation
- Tier
- Paradox
- Intrusion
- Grazing
- Agriculture
- Rattle
- Extent
- Investment
- Value
- Dose
- Opium
- Folly
- Scream
- Ecosystem
- Acceleration
- Ability
- Habitat
- Gap
- Reduction
- Degradation
- Pressure
- Atmosphere
- Thickness
- Ratio
- Sensitivity
- Pale
- Margin
- Capacity
- Circulation
- Shortage
- Burden
- Sector
- Complexity
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
DIMINISHING, adjective. Becoming smaller
DIMINISHING, verb. Present participle of diminish
DIMINISHING, noun. A diminishment.
DIMINISHING RETURNS, noun. (idiomatic) A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.
Dictionary definition
DIMINISHING, adjective. Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.