Add and Diminish

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Add

Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Usage example: add another cup of flour to the mixture
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Diminish is an antonym for add in topics: count up, accumulation, adjoin, reduce.
Nearby Words: added, adding

Diminish

Diminish verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Usage example: the state's blood supplies were severely diminished by the two consecutive disasters
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Add is an antonym for diminish in increase topic.
Nearby Words: diminution, diminishing
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Common collocations

sense add sense diminish sense
ability add ability diminish ability
power add power diminish power
point add point diminish point
Other words: effect, time, fact, level, bit, effects, nothing, drama, numbers, powers, abilities.
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Diminish and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2023, May 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/diminish
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