pare down: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKAustraliaCanadaInternationalneutralbusinessformal
    • To reduce the size, number, quantity, or cost of something by removing excess or unnecessary elements.

    Examples

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    • The company had to pare down its budget by cutting unnecessary expenses.

      La empresa tuvo que reducir su presupuesto recortando gastos innecesarios.

    • Before the presentation, they pared down the report to only the most relevant data.

      Antes de la presentación, redujeron el informe a solo los datos más relevantes.

    • We will pare down the guest list to make the event more intimate and manageable.

      Reduciremos la lista de invitados para hacer el evento más íntimo y manejable.

    • The editor pared down the manuscript by removing redundant chapters and paragraphs.

      El editor redujo el manuscrito eliminando capítulos y párrafos redundantes.

  • 2.

    USUKAustraliaCanadaInternationalneutralinformal
    • To simplify or streamline something by eliminating nonessential components, leaving only what is necessary or essential.

    Examples

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    • To improve user experience, the developer pared down the app interface to its essentials.

      Para mejorar la experiencia del usuario, el desarrollador simplificó la interfaz de la aplicación a lo esencial.

    • They pared down the company's workflow to eliminate unnecessary steps and speed up production.

      Simplificaron el flujo de trabajo de la empresa para eliminar pasos innecesarios y acelerar la producción.

    • If we pare down the content, the course will be easier for beginners to follow.

      Si simplificamos el contenido, el curso será más fácil de seguir para los principiantes.

Examples:

  • EN: At that price, with that debt load how long will it be before your counters pare down the company expenses?
    ES: A ese precio, con esa deuda ¿cuánto tiempo pasará antes que recorten todos los gastos?
  • EN: - The list is easy to pare down.
    ES: -No será difícil averiguarlo.
  • EN: I've tried to pare down my collection... to just the essential.
    ES: Trato de mantener sólo lo esencial.
  • EN: And all I have to do is pare down my sexuality to simple gayness, which is heavily in the mix.
    ES: Y solo tendría que reducir al mínimo mi sexualidad, simplemente a ser gay, que es lo más importante de la mezcla.
  • EN: I don't want to alarm you, because there is nothing to worry about yet, but the Dean's been discussing budget cuts and layoffs again, and we may have to pare down on administrative assistants.
    ES: No te quiero asustar, porque aún no hay nada de qué preocuparse, pero el decano volvió a hablar de recortes y despidos, y quizá debamos reducir la cantidad de asistentes.
  • EN: Perhaps you need to pare down the menu.
    ES: ¿Y si reducimos el menú?
  • EN: And then we tried to pare down how many things we have. That way we have, like, you know, our mugs, our cups, our plates, our bowls.
    ES: Y después intentamos disminuir las cosas que teníamos, para tener nuestras tazas, nuestros vasos, nuestros platos y así.
  • EN: So, in order to lead an acceptable existence, I have learnt to pare down the questions.
    ES: De ahí que, con objeto de llevar una aceptable existencia haya aprendido a reducir los interrogantes.
  • EN: I'll pare down the next article, don't worry.
    HI: Next Article मै कह दूं तो न घबराओ
  • EN: I'll pare down one or the other.
    HI: एक-एक को खत्म कर डालूंगा।
  • EN: The move came as part of Bausch's plans to pare down its debt.
    HI: बापू के क़दमों से कदम मिला
    HI: बाबुल का फ़र्ज़ निभा दिया
    HI: हड़बड़ अपना काम निपटा
    HI: रोज़बुज़्ज़ से कैसे पैसे कमाये
    HI: ख्वाबो को सच करने की चाहत में
  • EN: My mom has started to pare down as well.
    HI: अब मां ने भी छटपटाना बंद कर दिया
  • EN: But we have been able to pare down to the necessities of life, which is a freeing feeling for sure.
    HI: इसी वजह से हम ज़िंदा बच पाए. . .
  • EN: Now empty nesters with an eye toward retirement, they were ready to pare down.
    HI: अब वयोवृद्ध देशभक्त आँखें बन्द करके चिन्तन में लग गए।
  • EN: Second, I've also been trying to pare down my writing as a I go forward.
    HI: लेखनी भी अब मेरी चलने से करती है इंकार,

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