different between minimize vs iconize
minimize
English
Alternative forms
- minimise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?n.?.ma?z/, /?m?n.?.ma?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?n.?.ma?z/, /?m?n.??ma?z/
Verb
minimize (third-person singular simple present minimizes, present participle minimizing, simple past and past participle minimized)
- (transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
- We have to minimize the budget.
- Try to minimize your biases.
- (transitive) To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.
- The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.
- (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
- I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) slightingly.
- 1993, Jan McDaniel, One Golden Summer (page 95)
- […] father who had never openly minimized him or anything he did […]
- 1993, Jan McDaniel, One Golden Summer (page 95)
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
minimize
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of minimizar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of minimizar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of minimizar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of minimizar
minimize From the web:
- what minimizes pores
- what minimizes soil erosion
- what minimizes scars
- what minimize mean
- what minimizes bruising
- what minimizes pores on nose
- what minimizes heat transfer
- what minimizes formal charge
iconize
English
Etymology
icon +? -ize
Verb
iconize (third-person singular simple present iconizes, present participle iconizing, simple past and past participle iconized)
- (transitive) To form an image or likeness of someone.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To minimize a window on a personal computer screen, replacing it with a representative icon.
iconize From the web:
- what does ionize mean
- what does ionize completely mean
- what is to ionize
- what is the meaning of ionize
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