Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died.
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Downsize
//ˈdaʊnsaɪz//
Synonyms for "downsize" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 裁員 /裁员 verb (to reduce the workforce of)
Dutch
4 entries- afdanken verb (to terminate the employment of)
- afslanken verb (to reduce in size or number)
- afslanken verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- afvloeien verb (to terminate the employment of)
Finnish
3 entries- pienentää verb (to reduce in size or number)
- saada potkut verb (to terminate the employment of)
- vähentää työvoimaa verb (to reduce the workforce of)
French
4 entries- diminuer verb (to reduce in size or number)
- revoir à la baisse verb (to reduce in size or number)
- réajuster verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- réduire verb (to reduce in size or number)
Greek
2 entries- μειώνω verb (to reduce in size or number)
- μειώνω verb (to reduce the workforce of)
Hungarian
2 entries- elbocsát verb (to terminate the employment of)
- leépít verb (to reduce the workforce of)
Japanese
2 entries- ダウンサイジングする verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- リストラする verb (to reduce the workforce of)
Russian
4 entries- сократи́ть verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- сокраща́ть verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- сокращать verb (to terminate the employment of)
- увольнять verb (to terminate the employment of)
Spanish
3 entries- hacer recortes de personal verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- hacer recortes de plantilla verb (to reduce the workforce of)
- reajustar la plantilla verb (to reduce the workforce of)
Swedish
1 entries- skära ned verb (to reduce in size or number)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Sami helped companies downsize.
Source: tatoeba (6593282)
You may downsize to a smaller house.
Source: tatoeba (11886686)
You should downsize the house.
Source: tatoeba (11892330)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.