dim

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭm
• IPA ^(key): /dɪm/
• SAMPA: /dIm/

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Adjective

Positive dim

Comparative dimmer

Superlative dimmest

1. If a thing is dim, it is not bright.

   It is hard to see in a room where the lights are dim.

2. If a person is dim, they are not very smart.

Related words

• dimly
• dimmer

Verb

Plain form dim

Third-person singular dims

Past tense dimmed

Past participle dimmed

Present participle dimming

1. (transitive) If you dim something, you make it darker.

   Before a movie starts, it is normal to dim the lights in the movie theater.

2. (intransitive) If something dims, it gets darker.

   As time went by the fire dimmed.