downsize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
dismiss from work
three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis
Types & categories
- furlough hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make in a smaller size
the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive
Types & categories
- shrink hypernym
Sense 3 verb
reduce in size or number
the company downsized its research staff
Types & categories
- reduce hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrink |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduce |