miniaturize

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verb

To design or construct something on a miniature scale.

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miniaturise
OriginEnglish miniature ← Italian miniatura ← Latin minium →
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Meanings

verbminiaturize (third-person singular simple present miniaturizes, present participle miniaturizing, simple past and past participle miniaturized)

present singular third person miniaturizes · participle present miniaturizing · participle past miniaturized · past miniaturized · alternative UK miniaturise

  1. To design or construct something on a miniature scale.
  2. literatureTo physically shrink in size, i.e. through the use of a shrink ray.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdesign or construct on a smaller scale

Similar
miniaturise
Broader
shrinkreduce
Also see
dwarf

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishminiaturize

From miniature + -ize.

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APA

miniaturize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniaturize

MLA

“miniaturize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniaturize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miniaturize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniaturize.

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