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min

Old French

Variants

minmine

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About This Root

From Latin minor (less, smaller) via Old French miner. Spans the concept of smallness and reduction: minimal, minor, minority, diminish. Also connects to minister (originally 'lesser servant') and administer. The idea of 'making less' threads through the entire family.

Associated Words

administer

To manage or oversee; to give or apply medicine or a procedure

IELTSTOEFLB2

administrate

To manage or oversee an organization or system

TOEFLC1

administration

The management of an organization or government; the governing body in power

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

administrative

Relating to management or administration

TOEFLB2

administratively

In an administrative or managerial manner

C1

administrator

A person who manages an organization or computer system

IELTSTOEFLA2

diminish

To reduce in size or importance; 减少,缩小;贬低

IELTSTOEFLC1

diminishable

Capable of being reduced or lessened

diminished

Reduced in size, importance, or value

C1

diminishing

Gradually becoming smaller or less

C1

diminishment

A reduction in size, quantity, or importance

C1

eminence

The state of being famous and highly respected; a distinguished person

TOEFLGREC2

eminent

Famous, respected, and distinguished in one's field

IELTSTOEFLGRE

ever-diminishing

Continuously decreasing

last-minute

Done at the latest possible moment before a deadline

mine

belonging to me; a mineral excavation; an explosive; to extract minerals

NGSL 1kIELTSTOEFL

mineral

A naturally occurring inorganic substance; relating to minerals

TOEFLB1

mini

Something very small; miniature

A2

miniature

A very small copy or model; much smaller than normal

TOEFLGREB2

minification

Reduction in size; compression of source code

A2

minify

To make smaller; to compress source code

minikin

A small or insignificant person or thing; very small

C2

minim

A half note in music; a tiny unit of liquid measure

C2

minimal

As small or little as possible

IELTSTOEFLB1

minimalism

A style emphasising extreme simplicity in art, design, or lifestyle

C2

minimalist

A person who practices minimalism; characterized by extreme simplicity

TOEFLC2

minimalistic

Relating to minimalism; very simple in style

minimally

To the smallest possible degree

C2

minimization

Reducing something to its smallest extent; treating something as trivial

C2

minimize

To reduce to the smallest possible amount; to downplay importance; to collapse a window to an icon

TOEFLGREB1

minimized

Reduced to the smallest possible size or importance

B1

minimum

The smallest possible quantity or level; being the lowest degree

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

minimum-wage

The legally required lowest pay rate for workers

mining

The activity of extracting minerals or resources from the earth

IELTSA2

minister

A senior government official or Protestant clergyman; to attend to someone's needs

NGSL 2kIELTSB2

ministry

A government department headed by a minister

TOEFLA2

minor

Lesser in importance or seriousness; a person below the legal age of adulthood

NGSL 2kB1

minority

A group smaller in number than the main group; a racial or ethnic subgroup

NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL

minority-owned

Owned by members of a minority group

minus

Less; reduced by; below zero; a disadvantage

IELTSB1

minute

a unit of 60 seconds; a brief period; very small

NGSL 1kIELTSTOEFL

non-minority

Not belonging to a minority group

preeminent

Superior to all others; outstanding in quality or importance

TOEFLGREC2

prominence

The state of being well known or important; something that sticks out

TOEFLB2

prominent

Easily noticed; well known or important

IELTSTOEFLGRE

self-administered

Done or managed by oneself without outside help

supereminent

Outstanding above all others; supremely excellent

undermine

To gradually weaken or sabotage something

IELTSTOEFLGRE

undiminishable

Impossible to reduce or diminish

undiminished

Not reduced in strength or intensity

C1

up-to-the-minute

Completely modern and up to date