преуменьшить

Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • преуме́ньшить: IPA(key): [prʲɪʊˈmʲenʲʂɨtʲ]
  • преуменьши́ть: IPA(key): [prʲɪʊmʲɪnʲˈʂɨtʲ] (dated)

Verb

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преуме́ньшить or преуменьши́ть (preuménʹšitʹ or preumenʹšítʹpf (imperfective преуменьша́ть)

  1. to downplay
  2. to underestimate
  3. to mince (to suppress or weaken the force of something or somebody)

Usage notes

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  • The ending-stressed variant преуменьши́ть (preumenʹšítʹ) and all of its conjugated forms are dated.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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