attrition
/əˈtɹɪʃən/ verb C2- To grind or wear down through friction. · attritioned teeth; attritioned rock
- To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
- To undergo a reduction in number. · The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.
He/she/it attritions · Past attritioned · Past participle attritioned · -ing form attritioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- attrition
- He/she/it
- attritions
- Past
- attritioned
- Past participle
- attritioned
- -ing form
- attritioning
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