MINIMIZE


Meaning of MINIMIZE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

reduce/minimize a risk

This diet could reduce your risk of certain cancers.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

chance

Clearly, at whichever spot minimizes your chance of being eaten.

It minimizes the chance of excessive competition.

Quinn went directly to Clinton with his thick petition, minimizing the chance that Justice would open a file.

cost

Cash flows should be managed to optimize the return from cash received and to minimize the cost of finance.

Are there actions you can take now to avoid or minimize the cost of this disease?

The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs .

Layoffs are minimized , and costs are reduced.

However, through the application of good engineering we have minimized the potentially high cost increases.

Ignoring returns, they concentrate only on minimizing costs .

In order to minimize cost and keep things simple, the signal levels are non-standard.

First, by minimizing conversion capital costs while backing out of expensive oil we conserve both capital and consumer resources.

costs

The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs .

Layoffs are minimized , and costs are reduced.

Ignoring returns, they concentrate only on minimizing costs .

First, by minimizing conversion capital costs while backing out of expensive oil we conserve both capital and consumer resources.

They provide food products at lower cost than conventional supermarkets; they minimize operating costs and customer services.

The organization that compulsively seeks to minimize the costs of its actions is for ever at odds with the reality of its performance.

The overriding goal of state policy was to keep the elderly as independent as possible, so as to minimize costs .

Self-defeating organizations are nothing if not adroit at minimizing the costs of their destructive or ineffectual actions.

damage

Pipes are outside the buildings to minimize damage in case of an earthquake.

In fact, our focus became just trying to make sure the kid understands all of this, to minimize the damage .

It was a method designed to minimize damage .

effect

Let us consider possible distortions and ways in which we can minimize their effect .

A.. To minimize the effects of that destruction.

And in the process we can help minimize the effect of compound loss in an elderly person's life.

A thicker-skinned child would be affected by such behavior but be able to minimize the effects .

The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.

If I hit a bad shot, I try to minimize its effect .

Subsequently, family friends and biographers have tried to minimize the effect .

Risk is best allocated to the party who is best placed to minimize its effects .

impact

It is a mistake to minimize the impact of the new cosmology, but resources were available to protect a spiritual destiny.

At times I tried to minimize the impact of the move.

It aims to minimize its impact and subsequently treat and cure it.

number

Gene order was determined by minimizing the number of recombination events required to explain the allele distribution patterns.

He did his best to dodge trouble and minimize the number of people who considered him an enemy.

Since interviewing is costly try to minimize the number that you conduct.

The aim is to maximise the number of solved problems while minimizing the number of conceptual problems and anomalies.

problem

One obvious way to minimize this problem is to reduce the number of different data formats.

Campaigning here Tuesday, Dole sought to minimize his problems .

This use of data at two levels of analysis seeks to minimize the problem of ecological fallacy.

The free-flowing water across the surface serves to dampen these sound waves and minimize the problem .

risk

Systematic evaluation and forecasting can minimize risks but never eliminate them.

Victims tend to minimize the risk they are experiencing.

This caution obviously arises from the need to minimize the risk of long-term side-effects caused by seemingly innocent new substances.

No criticism attaches to the effort of the modern corporation to minimize risk .

Where possible, information on an issue was collected from several different respondents to minimize the risk of bias.

It tormented him to think that something might happen in his absence, and he made every effort to minimize the risks .

This organic staining method was chosen to minimize the risk of contamination by inorganic elements.

A risk management program means all programs to minimize extraordinarily hazardous accident risks.

way

One obvious way to minimize this problem is to reduce the number of different data formats.

Thus care in indexing is essential and systems should be designed in such a way as to minimize the possibility of error.

This intervention was seen as a way of minimizing the harmful and the more undesirable side-effects of commercially funded media.

■ VERB

design

She was buxom, and the rust-red pullover she wore was not designed to minimize the fact.

It was a method designed to minimize damage.

The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.

They may also be designed to minimize the pressure to disclose government documents.

seek

This use of data at two levels of analysis seeks to minimize the problem of ecological fallacy.

When a well-intentioned program yields unwelcome results, for example, a truth-aversive organization will seek to minimize or disguise these consquences.

The organization that compulsively seeks to minimize the costs of its actions is for ever at odds with the reality of its performance.

In effect Gingrich pleaded guilty to both offenses while seeking to minimize their importance.

Campaigning here Tuesday, Dole sought to minimize his problems.

try

They try to minimize electronics imports from each other and are often in direct competition in export markets.

At times I tried to minimize the impact of the move.

In fact the narrator's language is positively austere as he tries to minimize our sense of recapitulation.

If I hit a bad shot, I try to minimize its effect.

Subsequently, family friends and biographers have tried to minimize the effect.

So you should try to minimize restrictions about diet and environment as much as possible.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The city is working on plans to minimize traffic problems.

White House officials sought to minimize the importance of the meeting.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Before you sell any mutual funds, minimize taxes by checking different ways of computing costs.

By contrast, a recreational paddler in a remote gorge will want to maximize safety and minimize energy expenditure.

He is meticulous in developing, implementing and maintaining systems which minimize inventory and maximize profit.

Peers working together minimize the pain of some schoolwork, while promoting learning and cooperation for both.

Pipes are outside the buildings to minimize damage in case of an earthquake.

Some creasing is inevitable but it can be minimized by judicious stretching of the liner as the pool fills.

The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs.

To minimize risks, they would not be required to disarm the several militia groups responsible for recent massacres.

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