downsize
verb (used with object)
to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of.
downsized
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past participleof downsize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof downsize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
downsizeverb (used with object)to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of.
Example Sentences
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My wife and I have friends who downsized, moved across the country and have been paying storage fees for units they never open or empty out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
There is a greater emphasis on streaming services which rely on subscriber growth, while fewer shows are being made and the number of episodes per season have been downsized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
After more than a decade in their two-room spread in the Aircraft Loads Laboratory, Dorothy and the remaining women had been downsized to the new office in 1251.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
