downsize

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

downsizes

V_ing/Gerund

downsizing

V_ed/pp

downsized

1.
(intransitive)To reduce in size or number.
Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
2.
(transitive)To reduce the workforce of.
They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
Đồng nghĩa: rightsize
3.
(euphemistic, transitive)To terminate the employment of.
Joe got downsized and became a plumber.
Đồng nghĩa: axe, can, decruit, dehire, discard, remove, discharge, dismiss, downsize, fire, give the axe, give someone the boot, give someone their cards, give the chop, give the elbow, give someone the heave-ho, give someone the old heave-ho, lay off, let go, let someone go, make redundant, pink slip, promote to customer, retrench, sack, serve notice, shit-can, term, terminate, throw out, unhire

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Đồng nghĩa

rightsizeaxe candecruitdehirediscard remove discharge dismissfiregive the axegive someone the bootgive someone their cardsgive the chopgive the elbowgive someone the heave-hogive someone the old heave-holay offlet golet someone go

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downsizabledownsizerdumbsizedownsizingrightsizeupsize

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