upsizev.
/ˈʌpsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈəpˌsaɪz/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
transitive. To increase or cause to increase in size, extent, or complexity; to upgrade, enhance, or augment; spec. to increase the size of (a business or organization), esp. by recruiting more staff. Also intransitive. Cf. downsize v.Originally in the motor industry (cf. downsize v. 2).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > in some specific respect
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase in scale
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1978 Fortune 9 Oct. 198 The reason for spending $900 million last year to downsize two models is that in the last quarter century they have spent many times that sum unnecessarily upsizing all models to carry essentially the same passenger loads at the same speeds.
1984 Chain Store Age (Nexis) Sept. 57 We plan to be a full-time retailer whenever the opportunity presents itself... We will upsize or downsize our stores according to the market.
1989 Chilton's Distribution (Nexis) Dec. 104 Downsizing refers to the practice of taking unneeded resources or elements out of an organization. It naturally must follow a period of upsizing when these unneeded resources are added. After all, you wouldn't have to downsize if you hadn't upsized first.
1993 Computing 9 Sept. 11/1 The East Dyfed Health Authority has benefited from upsizing its patient administration to a client-server environment.
1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 11 July 12 e The clerk proceeded to ask if I wanted to upsize my fries and drink for an extra 30 cents. I declined, wondering how many more fries I would have received.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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