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DOWNTURN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worsening of business or economic activity

Example:

the market took a downturn

Synonyms:

downswing; downturn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("downturn" is a kind of...):

worsening (changing something with the result that it becomes worse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "downturn"):

downspin (a swift and dangerous downturn)

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