minimize window

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To reduce a window on a screen to a small icon.

windowVERB + window (area on a computer screen)

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minimize

Examples (10)

  • To reduce clutter, you can minimize the active window.
  • Please minimize this window and open the new document.
  • He instinctively clicked to minimize the window when his boss walked in.
  • If you minimize a window, it usually goes to the taskbar.
  • The system automatically minimizes inactive windows to save resources.
  • Did you remember to minimize that pop-up window?
  • She had to minimize several windows to find the file she was looking for.
  • You can minimize the window by clicking the underscore icon.
  • After you finish editing, minimize the window to clear your screen.
  • I often minimize my browser window when I'm working on other applications.