Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to downsize
Participle: downsized
Gerund: downsizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | downsize |
| you | downsize |
| he;she;it | downsizes |
| we | downsize |
| you | downsize |
| they | downsize |
Perfect
| I | have downsized |
| you | have downsized |
| he;she;it | has downsized |
| we | have downsized |
| you | have downsized |
| they | have downsized |
Past
| I | downsized |
| you | downsized |
| he;she;it | downsized |
| we | downsized |
| you | downsized |
| they | downsized |
Pluperfect
| I | had downsized |
| you | had downsized |
| he;she;it | had downsized |
| we | had downsized |
| you | had downsized |
| they | had downsized |
Future
| I | will downsize |
| you | will downsize |
| he;she;it | will downsize |
| we | will downsize |
| you | will downsize |
| they | will downsize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have downsized |
| you | will have downsized |
| he;she;it | will have downsized |
| we | will have downsized |
| you | will have downsized |
| they | will have downsized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | downsize |
| you | downsize |
| he;she;it | downsize |
| we | downsize |
| you | downsize |
| they | downsize |
Perfect
| I | have downsized |
| you | have downsized |
| he;she;it | have downsized |
| we | have downsized |
| you | have downsized |
| they | have downsized |
Imperfect
| I | downsized |
| you | downsized |
| he;she;it | downsized |
| we | downsized |
| you | downsized |
| they | downsized |
Pluperfect
| I | had downsized |
| you | had downsized |
| he;she;it | had downsized |
| we | had downsized |
| you | had downsized |
| they | had downsized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would downsize |
| you | would downsize |
| he;she;it | would downsize |
| we | would downsize |
| you | would downsize |
| they | would downsize |
Perfect
| I | would have downsized |
| you | would have downsized |
| he;she;it | would have downsized |
| we | would have downsized |
| you | would have downsized |
| they | would have downsized |
Imperative
| you | downsize |
| we | Let's downsize |
| you | downsize |
Verbs conjugated like 'downsize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'downsize'
adonize,
Adonize,
cognize,
denize,
dentize,
dockize,
dolomize,
downcase,
downdate,
downface,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From down- + size.
Sample Sentences
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Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
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The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
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Class 108 DMU LO257 awaits departure from Manchester Victoria on June 19 1991. Possessing 16 platforms in the 1960s, the station was significantly downsized in the early 1990s and today just six platforms remain. [2020 June 3, Philip Haigh, “Who can clean up Manchester's mess?”, in Rail, page 48, photo caption:]
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While some of these moves will be prompted by, for instance, releasing equity to help children get on the property ladder, David Fell, Hamptons' senior analyst, says many will probably be downsizing to reduce mortgage payments to a more manageable level. [2023 November 25, Alexandra Goss, “Downsizers’ dilemma”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:]
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They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
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Joe got downsized and became a plumber.