Betydelse av dwindle på svenska

• 0 to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number:

  • The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.

  • Her hopes of success in the race dwindled last night as the weather became worse.

• 1 to become less in number or smaller:

  • The community had dwindled to a tenth of its former size.

• 2 to gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level:

  • dwindle from sth to sth The municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000.

  • dwindling funds/resources/stocks

  • Companies are having recruitment difficulties as they battle it out for a dwindling number of skilled staff.