downsize

Definition

Examples

The company plans to downsize its staff to cut operating costs.

Synonyms

• reduce staffhaving a meaning similar to downsize
• shrinka physician who specializes in psychiatry

Collocations

• Easy downsize a big house
  to downsize a big house, meaning to dismiss from work
• Medium downsize the department to cut costs
  to downsize the department to cut costs, meaning to dismiss from work
• Hard plan to downsize corporate workforce
  to plan to downsize corporate workforce, meaning to have the will and intention to carry out some action
• Very Hard reluctantly downsize operations to avert bankruptcy
  describing reluctantly downsize operations to avert bankruptcy (with reluctance)