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SLUMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
Example:
a falloff in quality
Synonyms:
drop-off; falling off; falloff; slack; slump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("slump" is a kind of...):
declension; decline in quality; deterioration; worsening (process of changing to an inferior state)
Derivation:
slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Synonyms:
depression; economic crisis; slump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("slump" is a kind of...):
crisis (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty)
economic condition (the condition of the economy)
Instance hyponyms:
Great Depression (the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s)
Derivation:
slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they slump ... he / she / it slumps
Past simple: slumped
Past participle: slumped
-ing form: slumping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Example:
The real estate market fell off
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
drop (go down in value)
Verb group:
drop; drop down; sink (fall or descend to a lower place or level)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to slump
Derivation:
slump (a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality)
slump (a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Go down in value
Example:
prices slumped
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fall or sink heavily
Example:
My spirits sank
Synonyms:
sink; slide down; slump
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Assume a drooping posture or carriage
Synonyms:
slouch; slump
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
droop; flag; sag; swag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
The children slump in the rocking chair
There slump some children in the rocking chair
