Meaning & use
upsizing
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“upsizing” is a form of “upsize”.
Meanings
noununcountable
The act of moving to something larger, such as a bigger house or a larger order.
Grammar: Uncountable: upsizing is expensive.
Patterns
- the upsizing of something
Their upsizing meant a move to a four-bedroom house.
Upsizing your fries costs one dollar more.
The upsizing of the warehouse took six months.
verbtransitive or intransitivebusiness
Present participle of upsize: making something bigger, or growing a business or home.
Grammar: Can take an object (upsizing the team) or stand alone (they are upsizing).
Patterns
- upsizing to something
The firm is upsizing to a larger office.
We are upsizing our meal for the trip.
After the baby arrived, they started upsizing.
Word forms
| base form | upsize |
|---|---|
| third person singular | upsizes |
| past tense | upsized |
Common combinations
- upsizing a meal
- Upsizing a meal costs only a dollar.
- upsizing your home
- Upsizing your home may raise your tax.
- upsizing the team
- Upsizing the team helped them meet the deadline.
- upsizing plans
- The company announced its upsizing plans.
Synonyms and how they differ
- expanding
- Expanding is the general word for growing, while upsizing stresses moving to a larger size or version.
- scaling up
- Scaling up is used for processes and companies, while upsizing is also used for homes and meals.
- enlarging
- Enlarging is a physical change to size, while upsizing can be a choice of a bigger product.
Opposites
Word family
- upsize verb
- to make or become larger
- upsized adjective
- made bigger
- size noun
- how big something is
Commonly confused: upsizing or upscaling?
upsizing vs upscaling
Upscaling means raising the quality or price level, or enlarging an image, not simply growing in size.
Practice
With three children now, the family is ___ to a bigger house.
Choose one answer.
Upsizing means moving to something larger. Downsizing is the opposite, so it does not fit a growing family.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “upsizing”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.