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downzoning

downzoning is the present participle and gerund of downzone.

Meaning of downzone

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

Noun

downzoning (countable and uncountable, plural downzonings)

  1. (US) A switch to a less restrictive zoning.

Forms of downzoning

pluraldownzonings

Questions about downzoning

What does downzoning mean?
Downzoning means a switch to a less restrictive zoning.
What is downzoning the present participle and gerund of?
Downzoning is the present participle and gerund of downzone.
What part of speech is downzoning?
Downzoning is a noun.
What is the plural of downzoning?
The plural of downzoning is downzonings.

Words near downzoning in the dictionary

  1. downy woodpecker
  2. downy woodpeckers
  3. downzone
  4. downzoned
  5. downzones
  6. downzoning
  7. downzonings
  8. dowp
  9. dowps
  10. dowra
  11. dowrah

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