"downsizing" meaning in English

See downsizing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: downsizings [plural]
Etymology: From downsize + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|downsize|ing}} downsize + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} downsizing (countable and uncountable, plural downsizings)
  1. An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. Miniaturization. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (miniaturization): 小型化 (xiǎoxínghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), pienentäminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-downsizing-en-noun-PFBAUTYT Disambiguation of 'miniaturization': 0 100 0
  3. (automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity): pienentäminen (Finnish), Downsizing [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-downsizing-en-noun-TCjr1ZGx Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of "reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity": 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (downsizing of the workforce): 裁員 (Chinese Mandarin), 裁员 (cáiyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), supistaminen (Finnish), leépítés (Hungarian), létszámleépítés (Hungarian), ダウンサイジング (daunsaizingu) (Japanese), リストラ (risutora) (Japanese), сокраще́ние (sokraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), recorte de personal [masculine] (Spanish), recorte de plantilla [masculine] (Spanish), recorte de nómina [masculine] (Spanish), reducción de plantilla [feminine] (Spanish), скорочення (skoročennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'downsizing of the workforce': 43 37 20

Verb

Etymology: From downsize + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|downsize|ing}} downsize + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} downsizing
  1. present participle and gerund of downsize Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: downsize
    Sense id: en-downsizing-en-verb-uTH0Czh7

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