English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Diminishing Pronunciation
Diminishing is pronounced di-MI-ni-shing, IPA /dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/.
di-MI-ni-shing
US /dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/ · UK /dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/
Syllables: di · MI · ni · shing (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb (present participle of diminish); also an adjective: Becoming smaller, fewer, or less important.
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Diminishing in a Sentence
- The law of diminishing returns applies here.
- Their diminishing savings worried them.
- Interest in the scheme is diminishing.
Common Mispronunciations of Diminishing
Not DI-mi-ni-shing
MI is the loud one, second of the four, and diminish puts its own there too.
Not di-MY-ni-shing
Every i in this word is the short one of pin, with no eye sound anywhere in it.
Tip: Diminishing returns is the phrase it appears in most, and diminution breaks the pattern by moving the push to the back.
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