Meaning
scale down, put into perspective
- to reduce the size, scope, or importance of something
- to view or present something in a more realistic, proportionate perspective
In a sentence
L'azienda ha dovuto ridimensionare i suoi piani di espansione all'estero.
The company had to scale down its plans for overseas expansion.
I dati recenti hanno aiutato a ridimensionare l'allarme generale.
Recent data helped put the general alarm into perspective.
Dobbiamo forse ridimensionare il budget stanziato per questa campagna?
Should we perhaps scale down the budget allocated for this campaign?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ridimensionare | infinitive |
| ridimensiono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensiona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ridimensioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ridimensioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ridimensiona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ridimensioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ridimensionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ridimensionando | gerund |
| ridimensionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively ('ridimensionarsi') to mean 'to lower one's expectations' or 'to shrink'.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.