min
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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
administrate
To manage or oversee an organization or system
administration
The management of an organization or government; the governing body in power
administrative
Relating to management or administration
administratively
In an administrative or managerial manner
administrator
A person who manages an organization or computer system
diminish
To reduce in size or importance; 减少,缩小;贬低
diminishable
Capable of being reduced or lessened
diminished
Reduced in size, importance, or value
diminishing
Gradually becoming smaller or less
diminishment
A reduction in size, quantity, or importance
eminence
The state of being famous and highly respected; a distinguished person
eminent
Famous, respected, and distinguished in one's field
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
mineral
A naturally occurring inorganic substance; relating to minerals
mini
Something very small; miniature
miniature
A very small copy or model; much smaller than normal
minification
Reduction in size; compression of source code
minify
To make smaller; to compress source code
minikin
A small or insignificant person or thing; very small
minim
A half note in music; a tiny unit of liquid measure
minimal
As small or little as possible
minimalism
A style emphasising extreme simplicity in art, design, or lifestyle
minimalist
A person who practices minimalism; characterized by extreme simplicity
minimalistic
Relating to minimalism; very simple in style
minimally
To the smallest possible degree
minimization
Reducing something to its smallest extent; treating something as trivial
minimize
To reduce to the smallest possible amount; to downplay importance; to collapse a window to an icon
minimized
Reduced to the smallest possible size or importance
minimum
The smallest possible quantity or level; being the lowest degree
minimum-wage
The legally required lowest pay rate for workers
mining
The activity of extracting minerals or resources from the earth
minister
A senior government official or Protestant clergyman; to attend to someone's needs
ministry
A government department headed by a minister
minor
Lesser in importance or seriousness; a person below the legal age of adulthood
minority
A group smaller in number than the main group; a racial or ethnic subgroup
minority-owned
Owned by members of a minority group
minus
Less; reduced by; below zero; a disadvantage
minute
a unit of 60 seconds; a brief period; very small
non-minority
Not belonging to a minority group
preeminent
Superior to all others; outstanding in quality or importance
prominence
The state of being well known or important; something that sticks out
prominent
Easily noticed; well known or important
self-administered
Done or managed by oneself without outside help
supereminent
Outstanding above all others; supremely excellent
undermine
To gradually weaken or sabotage something
undiminishable
Impossible to reduce or diminish
undiminished
Not reduced in strength or intensity
up-to-the-minute
Completely modern and up to date