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retrenchretrench /rɪˈtrɛntʃ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYretrenchOrigin: 1500-1600 Early French retrencher, from Old French trenchier to cut VERB TABLEretrench |
Present | I, you, we, they | retrench | | he, she, it | retrenches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | retrenched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have retrenched | | he, she, it | has retrenched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had retrenched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will retrench | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have retrenched |
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Present | I | am retrenching | | he, she, it | is retrenching | | you, we, they | are retrenching | Past | I, he, she, it | was retrenching | | you, we, they | were retrenching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been retrenching | | he, she, it | has been retrenching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been retrenching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be retrenching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been retrenching |
if a government, group, or organization retrenches, it spends less money—retrenchment noun [countable, uncountable] |