English-French translations for minimize

• minimiser
• réduire
  L'Union doit agir de façon optimale pour réduire au maximum ces dangers potentiels. The Union must do everything possible to minimize these risks.
  Car on ne peut jamais totalement prévenir les catastrophes, mais on peut certes réduire leurs causes profondes. Because disasters can never be fully prevented but their root cause can certainly be minimized.

Definition of minimize

• To make as small or as insignificant as possible
• To treat slightingly

Examples

• I didnt close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

Related words

• minimized
• minimizer
• minimise/minimize