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downzone en · VERB

Etymology

From down + zone.

Meanings

  1. (US) To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning
    • "In this case, I don't remember Shaw saying, 'I'm downzoning for this or that reason.' He would say, 'I'm changing the zoning because the community wants it changed.'" 1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, quoting Danny Davis, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
down-zone alternative lexicographic
downzoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
downzoned Tense=Past lexicographic
downzones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
downzoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic