downsizeverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈdaʊn.saɪz/us/ˈdaʊn.saɪz/If you downsize a company or organization, you make it smaller by reducing the number of people working for it, and if it downsizes, it becomes smaller in this way:
to downsize your workforce/company
The plight of the economy is forcing businesses to downsize.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- miniaturize
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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downsizing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdaʊn.saɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈdaʊn.saɪ.zɪŋ/
corporate downsizing