Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.

    He was excessed in the last downsizing.

    сокраще́ниеsokraščénije, даунса́йзингdaunsájzing

    скороченняskoročennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)Miniaturization.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity.

    Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

    Downsizing

    даунса́йзингdaunsájzing

More definitions
  • the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
downsizing of the workforce:
Русский
By meaning 1
downsizing of the workforce:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity:

Origin

From downsize + -ing.

From downsize + -ing.

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Forms

plural: downsizings
Singulardownsizing
Pluraldownsizings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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