downsizev.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnsʌɪz/,

/ˌdaʊnˈsʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz/

Etymology: < down- prefix + size v.¹

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. transitive. To label (clothing) as a smaller size. Now rare.

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1968 Phoenix (Arizona) Republic 1 June 35/1 The fashion industry in recent years has been down-sizing some of its merchandise, flattering the American woman's ego as her figure..has changed its dimensions.

1993 Guardian 12 Aug. 13/1 American designer Mark Eisen recently ‘downsized’ his entire collection, relabelling his 8 (UK 10) as size 6.

2. transitive. To design or manufacture (a car or other motor vehicle) with smaller overall dimensions and lower fuel consumption, esp. without reducing interior passenger space or storage capacity. Also intransitive: to design or manufacture smaller, more economical cars.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [verb (intransitive)] > design or build (a car) with smaller dimensions

downsize1975

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [verb (transitive)] > design or build (a car) with smaller dimensions

downsize1975

1975 Times Herald Rec. (Middletown, N.Y.) 29 May 80/3 By 1981, Markley says, Ford will spend another $2.3 billion..to ‘downsize’ its fleet.

1977 Time 1 Aug. 32/3 The drive to downsize is a result of the ever-tightening federal fuel economy standards.

1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 23 May c3/1 The vehicle was downsized in the late 1970s, shedding 6.5 inches of wheelbase.

1998 A. Kawahara Origin of Competitive Strength 71 In 1977, when GM decided to downsize its passenger cars, the Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Buick all began to resemble each other.

2016 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 14 Jan. a15/1 So, GM decided to downsize the decade-old Acadia and make it more maneuverable on city streets and in parking garages.

3. transitive. gen. To reduce the size or scale of (something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)]

narrowOE

waneOE

smallOE

slakec1380

welk1390

fade1398

lessenc1400

minish?a1425

decay1489

adminisha1500

diminish1520

to grow downwards?1523

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scant1607

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to run off1765

dwarf1776

comminute1850

downsize1977

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)]

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narroweOE

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diminish1417

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downsize1977

1977 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 8 Oct. 4/1 If you can downgrade a civil service position..you can downsize something—a person's ego, a family's income when the wage earner is laid off..and so forth.

1979 Newsweek 19 Nov. 79 His formal announcement in Washington was similarly down-sized.

1999 Electronic News 4 Jan. 46 Consumer electronics manufacturers are demanding even smaller and lighter components to downsize telecommunication products and handheld computers.

2013 Irish Times 11 Dec. a4/1 The overall package will allow supermini owners to downsize their budgets without having to sacrifice in terms of space or refinement.

2016 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 2 Jan. 1/4 Opposition over the project's height and scale, coupled with rising construction costs, led diocesan leaders to twice downsize their aspirations.

4. transitive. To switch to a smaller model of (a product, esp. a car). Also intransitive: to switch from a larger to a smaller model of a product.

ΚΠ

1979 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 30 June a5/3 While police departments in St. Louis..downsize their patrol cars, Alton continues to buy big gas-guzzling V-8 cruisers.

1988 Computerworld 8 Feb. 76/4 Companies..struggling with complex questions..[like] when to downsize from a mainframe to a mini.

1998 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Aug. a1 He now has a much smaller handset, and to his delight, his Nextel agent allows him to downsize his phone if his current model becomes obsolete.

2003 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 3 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 7/2 Downsize your computer.

2014 Shellbrook (Sask.) Chron. 7 Feb. 16/2 Drivers who downsize their vehicles to a small sedan will likely save themselves a substantial amount of money over the lifetime of the vehicle.

a. transitive. To reduce the size or scope of (a business operation or organization) in order to improve its financial performance, typically by cutting staff numbers. Also intransitive with object implied.

ΚΠ

1982 Fortune 25 Jan. 7/1 Right now he's ‘downsizing’ the company, and hopes to achieve 1982 cost savings of about $600 million.

1989 Orange County (Santa Ana, Calif.) 29 Mar. c2/3 Since the Executive Developer concept began, the company has downsized, laying off almost 1,000 employees.

1991 Times 9 Jan. 15/8 Unwin Hyman..is now being ‘downsized’, with staff losing their jobs and authors like me seeing their books remaindered.

2001 Times 28 Apr. 15/2 The German railway, once a big employer, has downsized.

2017 Variety 13 Dec. 20/1 The Fox studio lot was thrown into turmoil after the corporate mandate came down to downsize operations to the tune of more than 300 employee buyouts.

2018 Philadelphia (Pa.) Tribune 23 Mar. b9 He left school and eventually made his way to Racine, where he worked as a lab tech for a number of years until the company downsized and let him go.

b. transitive. euphemistic or humorous. To dismiss (a person) from employment, to make (a person) redundant, esp. as part of a downsizing process. Frequently in passive.

ΚΠ

1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 6 Dec. k13/1 The new management calls this process ‘downsizing’, leading to conversations among employees whose futures at Columbia seem tenuous in which they ask one another if they have, as yet, been ‘downsized’.

1990 Communication World May 40/3 Communicators were facing tough times on their jobs. Many were getting downsized and outplaced.

2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 4 June (Mag.) 21/3 He has been downsized from his job as an airline employee and forced to retire.

2004 E. Abrahamson Change without Pain iii. 97 Browning decided..that before downsizing him, he would give Green a chance to meet a particular set of goals.

6. intransitive. To move into smaller living accommodation, typically when one's children have grown up and left home.

ΚΠ

1984 Colorado Springs Gaz.-Tel. 15 Apr. g4/6 Keller has aimed his products at first-time buyers, young families, and those wishing to downsize from a larger home.

1996 Guardian 14 Sept. c78/1 In November 1994 Tony and Lyn Craig decided to downsize.

2015 Saga Mag. Aug. 87/1 Some parents and grandparents downsize to help family members get on the property ladder.

Derivatives

ˈdownsized adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > built with larger or smaller dimensions

stretched1960

stretch1971

downsized1975

upsized1977

1975 Automotive Industries 1 Nov. 24/1 For the 1977 model year, when the first ‘downsized’ cars appear, the auto industry will increase its per-car use of aluminum by 15 to 20 lb.

1986 Cambrian News 18 July 14/2 The executive saloon..is abandoning the needlessly large capacity power unit in favour of a sensibly down-sized top end engine.

1993 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 19 Nov. 6 a/3 There are so many of these displaced and downsized workers that there are support groups meeting in churches to give solace and advice.

2007 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 Jan. (Auto Sunday section) 5/5 General Motors Corp. product Chief Bob Lutz said he sees the biggest opportunity for GM's revenue growth in downsized, ‘crossover’ sport utility vehicles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downsize
释义	downsizev. Brit. /ˈdaʊnsʌɪz/, /ˌdaʊnˈsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz/ Etymology: < down- prefix + size v.¹ Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. transitive. To label (clothing) as a smaller size. Now rare. ΚΠ 1968 Phoenix (Arizona) Republic 1 June 35/1 The fashion industry in recent years has been down-sizing some of its merchandise, flattering the American woman's ego as her figure..has changed its dimensions. 1993 Guardian 12 Aug. 13/1 American designer Mark Eisen recently ‘downsized’ his entire collection, relabelling his 8 (UK 10) as size 6. 2. transitive. To design or manufacture (a car or other motor vehicle) with smaller overall dimensions and lower fuel consumption, esp. without reducing interior passenger space or storage capacity. Also intransitive: to design or manufacture smaller, more economical cars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [verb (intransitive)] > design or build (a car) with smaller dimensions downsize1975 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [verb (transitive)] > design or build (a car) with smaller dimensions downsize1975 1975 Times Herald Rec. (Middletown, N.Y.) 29 May 80/3 By 1981, Markley says, Ford will spend another $2.3 billion..to ‘downsize’ its fleet. 1977 Time 1 Aug. 32/3 The drive to downsize is a result of the ever-tightening federal fuel economy standards. 1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 23 May c3/1 The vehicle was downsized in the late 1970s, shedding 6.5 inches of wheelbase. 1998 A. Kawahara Origin of Competitive Strength 71 In 1977, when GM decided to downsize its passenger cars, the Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Buick all began to resemble each other. 2016 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 14 Jan. a15/1 So, GM decided to downsize the decade-old Acadia and make it more maneuverable on city streets and in parking garages. 3. transitive. gen. To reduce the size or scale of (something). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] narrowOE waneOE smallOE slakec1380 welk1390 fade1398 lessenc1400 minish?a1425 decay1489 adminisha1500 diminish1520 to grow downwards?1523 ungrow1598 scant1607 settlea1642 to run off1765 dwarf1776 comminute1850 downsize1977 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1977 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 8 Oct. 4/1 If you can downgrade a civil service position..you can downsize something—a person's ego, a family's income when the wage earner is laid off..and so forth. 1979 Newsweek 19 Nov. 79 His formal announcement in Washington was similarly down-sized. 1999 Electronic News 4 Jan. 46 Consumer electronics manufacturers are demanding even smaller and lighter components to downsize telecommunication products and handheld computers. 2013 Irish Times 11 Dec. a4/1 The overall package will allow supermini owners to downsize their budgets without having to sacrifice in terms of space or refinement. 2016 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 2 Jan. 1/4 Opposition over the project's height and scale, coupled with rising construction costs, led diocesan leaders to twice downsize their aspirations. 4. transitive. To switch to a smaller model of (a product, esp. a car). Also intransitive: to switch from a larger to a smaller model of a product. ΚΠ 1979 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 30 June a5/3 While police departments in St. Louis..downsize their patrol cars, Alton continues to buy big gas-guzzling V-8 cruisers. 1988 Computerworld 8 Feb. 76/4 Companies..struggling with complex questions..[like] when to downsize from a mainframe to a mini. 1998 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Aug. a1 He now has a much smaller handset, and to his delight, his Nextel agent allows him to downsize his phone if his current model becomes obsolete. 2003 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 3 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 7/2 Downsize your computer. 2014 Shellbrook (Sask.) Chron. 7 Feb. 16/2 Drivers who downsize their vehicles to a small sedan will likely save themselves a substantial amount of money over the lifetime of the vehicle. 5. a. transitive. To reduce the size or scope of (a business operation or organization) in order to improve its financial performance, typically by cutting staff numbers. Also intransitive with object implied. ΚΠ 1982 Fortune 25 Jan. 7/1 Right now he's ‘downsizing’ the company, and hopes to achieve 1982 cost savings of about $600 million. 1989 Orange County (Santa Ana, Calif.) 29 Mar. c2/3 Since the Executive Developer concept began, the company has downsized, laying off almost 1,000 employees. 1991 Times 9 Jan. 15/8 Unwin Hyman..is now being ‘downsized’, with staff losing their jobs and authors like me seeing their books remaindered. 2001 Times 28 Apr. 15/2 The German railway, once a big employer, has downsized. 2017 Variety 13 Dec. 20/1 The Fox studio lot was thrown into turmoil after the corporate mandate came down to downsize operations to the tune of more than 300 employee buyouts. 2018 Philadelphia (Pa.) Tribune 23 Mar. b9 He left school and eventually made his way to Racine, where he worked as a lab tech for a number of years until the company downsized and let him go. b. transitive. euphemistic or humorous. To dismiss (a person) from employment, to make (a person) redundant, esp. as part of a downsizing process. Frequently in passive. ΚΠ 1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 6 Dec. k13/1 The new management calls this process ‘downsizing’, leading to conversations among employees whose futures at Columbia seem tenuous in which they ask one another if they have, as yet, been ‘downsized’. 1990 Communication World May 40/3 Communicators were facing tough times on their jobs. Many were getting downsized and outplaced. 2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 4 June (Mag.) 21/3 He has been downsized from his job as an airline employee and forced to retire. 2004 E. Abrahamson Change without Pain iii. 97 Browning decided..that before downsizing him, he would give Green a chance to meet a particular set of goals. 6. intransitive. To move into smaller living accommodation, typically when one's children have grown up and left home. ΚΠ 1984 Colorado Springs Gaz.-Tel. 15 Apr. g4/6 Keller has aimed his products at first-time buyers, young families, and those wishing to downsize from a larger home. 1996 Guardian 14 Sept. c78/1 In November 1994 Tony and Lyn Craig decided to downsize. 2015 Saga Mag. Aug. 87/1 Some parents and grandparents downsize to help family members get on the property ladder. Derivatives ˈdownsized adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > built with larger or smaller dimensions stretched1960 stretch1971 downsized1975 upsized1977 1975 Automotive Industries 1 Nov. 24/1 For the 1977 model year, when the first ‘downsized’ cars appear, the auto industry will increase its per-car use of aluminum by 15 to 20 lb. 1986 Cambrian News 18 July 14/2 The executive saloon..is abandoning the needlessly large capacity power unit in favour of a sensibly down-sized top end engine. 1993 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 19 Nov. 6 a/3 There are so many of these displaced and downsized workers that there are support groups meeting in churches to give solace and advice. 2007 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 Jan. (Auto Sunday section) 5/5 General Motors Corp. product Chief Bob Lutz said he sees the biggest opportunity for GM's revenue growth in downsized, ‘crossover’ sport utility vehicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1968
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