verb
Meaning 1
To make smaller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
minify
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
verb
Meaning 2
To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uglify
Antonyms: pretty-print, beautify, prettify
verb
Meaning 4
make smaller
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He decreased his staff
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decrease, lessen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: suppress, mitigate, pare, pare down, limit, circumscribe, confine, reduce, boil down, concentrate, shrink, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, slake, abate, slack, turn down, lower, lour, de-escalate, weaken, step down, minimize, minimise, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down, slacken, slack up, relax, diminish, belittle
History
Etymology
From mini- + -fy.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: намалявам (namaljavam) — to make smaller
- Czech: zmenšit — to make smaller
- Czech: minimalizovat — to make smaller
- Czech: redukovat — to make smaller
- Czech: minifikovat — to make smaller
- Esperanto: malgrandigi — to make smaller
- German: verkleinern — to make smaller
- Japanese: 縮小する (shukushō suru) — to make smaller
- Japanese: 小さくする (chiisaku suru) — to make smaller
- Japanese: 縮める (chizimeru) — to make smaller
- Polish: pomniejszać — to make smaller
- Polish: pomniejszyć — to make smaller