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downsize Definition

down·size (-sīz′)

transitive verb -·sized′, -·siz′·ing

  1. to design or manufacture a smaller version of
  2. to reduce in size, extent, etc. to downsize a company by eliminating jobs

intransitive verb

to become smaller in size or extent, as by eliminating employees or reducing expenditures

downsize Usage Examples

Object

  • engine: Highly downsized engines, with significant fuel economy are feasible in the short to medium term.
  • workforce: For example productivity in manufacturing in this country has mainly arisen from downsizing the workforce whilst output has remained static.
  • government: ERSAP also has its critics, however, who resent its tendency to downsize government and fear possible negative effects on growth and development.
  • staff: A plan by management to drive us all toward the DIY machines so they can downsize yet more staff?
  • company: Even downsizing solvent companies can benefit by divesting an asset that now has a residual value attached.
  • people: Is downsizing people five to six college compared with.

Preposition: in

  • order: The contrast with Juventus is that this cold, unloved arena is to be downsized in order that it might be made intimate.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: It is being sold by its current artist owner who seeks to downsize now for her retirement.
  • drastically: In 1999 Bristow lost major contracts and downsized drastically.
  • recently: If you've recently downsized and need to deal with short-term staffing shortages.
  • merely: Thus in times of declining provision for education, replacing teachers with computers is, in effect, merely downsizing in the academy.
  • considerably: This centrally funded body should then be able to downsize considerably allowing significant cost savings to made at that level.
  • also: It must also downsize its Larkfield mill in the UK.

Preposition: from

  • home: And more older residents are queuing up to downsize from family homes -- in short supply -- across the district.

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