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downzone

downzone verb: to change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning.

Verb

downzone (third-person singular simple present downzones, present participle downzoning, simple past and past participle downzoned)

  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 of downzone

third-person singular presentdownzones
present participledownzoning
past participledownzoned
pastdownzoned
alternative formdown-zone

Origin of downzone

From down + zone.

Questions about downzone

What does downzone mean?
Downzone means to change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning.
What part of speech is downzone?
Downzone is a verb.
What is the past tense of downzone?
The past tense of downzone is downzoned.

Words near downzone in the dictionary

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  3. downy willow
  4. downy woodpecker
  5. downy woodpeckers
  6. downzone
  7. downzoned
  8. downzones
  9. downzoning
  10. downzonings
  11. dowp

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