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I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.
Donald G. Mitchell

Meaning of "dimmed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIMMED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIMMED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dimmed is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dimmed in English.

WHAT DOES DIMMED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dim

Dim may refer to: ▪ A low level of lighting; lacking in brightness ▪ Dimmer, a device to vary the brightness ▪ A keyword that declares a variable or array, in most versions of BASIC ▪ Stupidity, a lack of intelligence ▪ Dim, the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette ▪ Dim, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran The abbreviation dim may refer to: ▪ Deportivo Independiente Medellín, a Colombian football club ▪ Dimension, a measure of how many parameters is sufficient to describe an object in mathematics ▪ Dimension, the number of vectors needed to describe the basis in a vector space, in linear algebra ▪ Diminished triad, a dissonant chord with a minor third and diminished fifth to the root in music theory ▪ Diminuendo, a word indicating changes of dynamics in music ▪ Diminutive, a formation of a word ▪ Diploma in Management, a non-academic management designation awarded in Diploma Programs The abbreviation dIm may mean: ▪ Some types of a dwarf irregular galaxy; a small galaxy which contains a not easily classified structure that is not spiral. It can also be abbreviated "dI" or "dIrr".

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DIMMED

PRESENT

Present
I dim
you dim
he/she/it dims
we dim
you dim
they dim
Present continuous
I am dimming
you are dimming
he/she/it is dimming
we are dimming
you are dimming
they are dimming
Present perfect
I have dimmed
you have dimmed
he/she/it has dimmed
we have dimmed
you have dimmed
they have dimmed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dimming
you have been dimming
he/she/it has been dimming
we have been dimming
you have been dimming
they have been dimming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dimmed
you dimmed
he/she/it dimmed
we dimmed
you dimmed
they dimmed
Past continuous
I was dimming
you were dimming
he/she/it was dimming
we were dimming
you were dimming
they were dimming
Past perfect
I had dimmed
you had dimmed
he/she/it had dimmed
we had dimmed
you had dimmed
they had dimmed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dimming
you had been dimming
he/she/it had been dimming
we had been dimming
you had been dimming
they had been dimming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dim
you will dim
he/she/it will dim
we will dim
you will dim
they will dim
Future continuous
I will be dimming
you will be dimming
he/she/it will be dimming
we will be dimming
you will be dimming
they will be dimming
Future perfect
I will have dimmed
you will have dimmed
he/she/it will have dimmed
we will have dimmed
you will have dimmed
they will have dimmed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dimming
you will have been dimming
he/she/it will have been dimming
we will have been dimming
you will have been dimming
they will have been dimming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dimmed
you would dimmed
he/she/it would dimmed
we would dimmed
you would dimmed
they would dimmed
Conditional continuous
I would be dimming
you would be dimming
he/she/it would be dimming
we would be dimming
you would be dimming
they would be dimming
Conditional perfect
I would have dimmed
you would have dimmed
he/she/it would have dimmed
we would have dimmed
you would have dimmed
they would have dimmed
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dimming
you would have been dimming
he/she/it would have been dimming
we would have been dimming
you would have been dimming
they would have been dimming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dim
we let´s dim
you dim
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dim
Past participle
dimmed
Present Participle
dimming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIMMED

diminutive
diminutively
diminutiveness
dimissory
dimities
Dimitrovo
dimity
dimly
dimly-remembered
dimmable
dimmer
dimmers
dimmest
dimming
dimmish
dimness
dimorph
dimorphic
dimorphism
dimorphous

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIMMED

bedimmed
brimmed
broad-brimmed
gold-rimmed
Mohammed
primmed
rammed
rimmed
semi-skimmed
shimmed
skimmed
slammed
slimmed
summed
trimmed
unbedimmed
undimmed
unskimmed
wide-brimmed
wire-rimmed

Synonyms and antonyms of dimmed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIMMED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dimmed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dimmed

Translation of «dimmed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIMMED

Find out the translation of dimmed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dimmed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dimmed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黯淡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atenuado
570 millions of speakers

English

dimmed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باهتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

серым цветом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esmaecido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্পষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grisé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dimalapkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gedimmt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

淡色表示の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희미하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dimmed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mờ đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மங்கலாகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंद मंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grigio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyciemnione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сірим кольором
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

estompat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχνά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedtonade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedtonet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dimmed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIMMED»

The term «dimmed» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIMMED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dimmed

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «DIMMED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dimmed.
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Donald G. Mitchell
I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIMMED»

Discover the use of dimmed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dimmed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: Dispatches from the Middle East
Sensitive and powerful, 'A Blood-Dimmed Tide' provides a timely analysis of the conflicts between Jews and Arabs.
Amos Elon, 1998
2
A blood-dimmed tide: the Battle of the Bulge by the men who ...
In the words of the flesh-and-blood men who fought it, this is the definitive portrait of the chaos, the terror, and the acts of courage and carnage that was the Bulge.
Gerald Astor, 1993
3
The Blood-Dimmed Tide: A John Madden Mystery
The Blood-Dimmed Tide, set in 1932, marks the return of the beloved Inspector John Madden, whose discovery of a young girl's mutilated corpse near his home in rural England brings him out of retirement despite his wife's misgivings.
Rennie Airth, 2006
4
Star Trek: The Blood-Dimmed Tide
MERE ANARCHY A new six-part epic covering thirty years of Star Trek™ history, continuing with an adventure that takes between The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country!
Howard Weinstein, 2007
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The Blood-Dimmed Tide Is Loosed
When Hugh and Phyllis Hannigan hear the horrific news that their daughter and son-in-law have been brutally murdered while on their honeymoon, they reach out to someone they know they can trust: one of their own.
John C. Gallagher, 2012
6
The Blood-Dimmed Tide
When modern day pirates savagely murder his brother, David Colton finds himself drawn into an uneven battle against international drug smugglers.
George Marshall, 2000
7
World of Darkness: Blood-Dimmed Tides
Indeed, there are people and forces in the world of Darkness that endanger all those who exist.
Sean Jaffe, 1999
8
Jeremiah
Fine gold dimmed. Gold is a precious metal, partly because it is less liable to corrode than other metals. It will not rust like iron nor even tarnish like silver. For fine gold to be dimmed is for it to undergo exceptionally severe treatment. Such was ...
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, Walter Frederic Adeney, 1885
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The Christian Workers Magazine
The Dimmed Vision These too, I fear, are the days of the dimmed vision. Almost everywhere I go I am finding some people who are critical rather than helpful and prayerful——the dimmed vision. I find people who for months and years have ...
10
A Concordance to the Poems of Edmund Spenser
Dimmed— Continued. The glaunce whereof their dimmed eies would daze, VI. x. 4. 3 quite are dimmed when she is in place : VI. x. 27. 8 Her lovely light was dimmed and decayd VI. xi. 21. 4 make even that dimmed light Seeme much more  ...
Charles Grosvenor Osgood, 1915

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIMMED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dimmed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Juggler Troy Roark performs with lights dimmed - News - The …
GALESBURG — Children squealed in anticipation as the lights slowly dimmed until all they could see were three glowing balls during a ... «Galesburg Register-Mail, Jul 15»
2
Nike Peach Jam is back for 20th season in North Augusta | The …
“But the lighting is obviously important for my perspective. If we dimmed the lights, put it to what the lighting was before the change and turn it to ... «The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Lifting the Veil on Pluto's Atmosphere - Space.com
However, for a short time at the start and end of the occultation, Pluto's atmosphere was backlit by the star, and the starlight dimmed more ... «Space.com, Jul 15»
4
Why a Sign and Trade Wasn't an Option for the Portland Trail …
... that would have substantially weakened Phoenix's rotation would likely have caused Aldridge to balk at signing with the now dimmed Suns. «Blazer's Edge, Jul 15»
5
Rob Oller column: Forgotten golfer Michelle Wie should not be …
But when success was slow to materialize — she did not win her first professional tournament until 2009 — her star dimmed to a flicker. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
6
Sixth-Century Misery Tied to Not One, But Two, Volcanic Eruptions …
According to historical accounts, the atmosphere had dimmed by March 536, and it stayed that way for another 18 months. Tree rings, and ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
7
Inside Williamsburg's Freehold, A Hotel Lobby Hangout Without The …
At night, the music is louder, the lights are dimmed and dancing on all the surfaces is encouraged. At one end of the bar is a smaller events ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
8
Volcanic eruptions that changed human history | EurekAlert! Science …
These particles also dimmed the atmosphere over Europe to such an extent that the effect was noted and recorded in independent archives by ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
9
Bobbi Kristina Brown is surrounded by memories of Whitney …
"She was dressed in her favourite pyjamas, and surrounded by framed photographs of her and her mother. The lights in her room were dimmed ... «NZCity, Jul 15»
10
The Amazon is more impressive than you'd imagine | Ars Technica
Given the lack of sleep most passengers suffered due to the prior night's flight cancellation, the crew dimmed the lights and asked everyone to ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»

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