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rightsizeright‧size /ˈraɪtsaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLErightsize |
Present | I, you, we, they | rightsize | | he, she, it | rightsizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rightsized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rightsized | | he, she, it | has rightsized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rightsized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rightsize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rightsized |
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Present | I | am rightsizing | | he, she, it | is rightsizing | | you, we, they | are rightsizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was rightsizing | | you, we, they | were rightsizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rightsizing | | he, she, it | has been rightsizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rightsizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rightsizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rightsizing |
- The object-oriented software is targeted at companies that are rightsizing into client/server and distributed computing environments and re-engineering their processes.
- The survivors of reengineering, downsizing, rightsizing, and so on are asking themselves soul-searching questions about life after the lay-offs.
when a company reduces its activities, the amount it spends etc► scale down also scale back American to reduce something, such as the size of an organization or a plan, so that it is still operating but on a smaller level: scale down/back something: · European central banks have scaled down their operations in South Africa.scale something down/back: · The two companies have announced plans to scale back production next year.· Development projects were scaled down, and some proposals for new buildings were put on hold. ► cut back to reduce the numbers of something or the time or money spent on something, especially because you can no longer afford to continue at the previous level: cut back on: · Her friends know that she is under stress and have warned her to cut back on her workload.cut back something: · Our budget has been cut back this year.· Farmers have agreed to cut back wheat production.cut something back: · We have had to cut expenditure back in an effort to increase profits. ► downsize/rightsize especially American to reduce the number of people who work for a company, especially in order to save money: · They are downsizing the workforce in a desperate attempt to save the firm.· Advised to rightsize its operation, the company has shrunk to 2,000 employees. ► pare down to reduce something by small amounts over a period of time so that the effect is not very serious or noticeable while it is happening: pare down something: · The company has pared down expenditure and hopes to recoup its losses this year.pare something down: · We have managed to pare our costs down to the absolute minimum. ► rationalize also rationalise British to try to make a company more effective by getting rid of unnecessary workers etc: · We are a small company, and we need to rationalize if we want to compete in this market.· The company has done a lot to rationalize production. ► wind down to gradually reduce the work of a company or organization so that it can be closed down completely: wind something down: · The old sickness benefit system is slowly being wound down.wind something down: · I want to return in a few years' time - I've already started to wind the business down. ► run down especially British to deliberately make something such as a company, an industry, or a public service weaker and weaker, by giving it less and less money: run down something: · Opposition leaders are accusing the government of running down the Health Service.run something down: · They buy up rival companies then just run them down. ► trim to reduce something by a small amount that will not harm or change it very much, especially in order to save money: · By trimming costs and improving service the hotel has now started to make a profit again.trim something by 10% etc: · The proposed bill would trim welfare spending by $5 billion. ► streamline to reduce the costs of something such as a service or industry by employing fewer people, reducing the number of things you produce or provide etc - used especially in business contexts: · The government is once again attempting to streamline the health care service in order to pay for tax cuts.· The company announced it was to streamline its operations and close down three factories in the UK. if a company or organization rightsizes, or if it rightsizes its operations, it reduces the number of people it employs in order to reduce costs – used especially by companies to make the reduction in the number of workers sound good and sensible → downsize: They have been given one year to rightsize their workforce.—rightsizing noun [uncountable]: Many workers lost their jobs as a result of rightsizing. |