Definitions and Examples of reduced, minimized
Learn when and how to use these words with these examples!
Made smaller or less in size, amount, or degree.
Example
The company reduced its workforce to cut costs.
Reduced to the smallest possible degree or extent.
Example
She minimized her expenses by cooking at home instead of eating out.
Key Differences: reduced vs minimized
- 1Reduced implies a decrease in size, amount, or degree.
- 2Minimized implies reducing something to the smallest possible degree or extent.
Effective Usage of reduced, minimized
- 1Academic Writing: Use reduced and minimized to describe the decrease in size, amount, or degree of something.
- 2Business Communication: Use reduced and minimized to describe cost-cutting measures or downsizing.
- 3Everyday Conversation: Use these antonyms to describe the opposite of magnifying something.
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Remember this!
The antonyms reduced and minimized convey the opposite meaning of making something smaller or less significant. Use reduced to imply a decrease in size, amount, or degree, and minimized to imply reducing something to the smallest possible degree or extent. These antonyms can be used in academic writing, business communication, and everyday conversation.
