downturn
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English
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Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˈdaʊntɜːn/
- (General American , Canada ) IPA (key): /ˈdaʊntɝn/
- (Australia ) IPA (key): /ˈdæɔntɜːn/
Noun
[edit ]downturn (plural downturns )
- A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
- Antonyms: upturn , uptick , increase , improvement
- Hypernyms: turn , change ; trend
- Near-synonym: decline
- The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.
- 2019 October, Rail Freight Group, "Consequences of a no deal Brexit", in Modern Railways, page 20:
- Any [economic] downturn will eventually impact on rail freight, and indeed passenger traffic, so operators are watching this closely.
- 2023 March 8, David Clough, "The long road that led to Beeching", in RAIL, number 978, page 39:
- In the 1950s, the downturn in BR's financial performance can be illustrated by its declining market share. Between 1951 and 1961, the railways' market share of passenger business fell from 21% to 14%, and for freight from 45% to 29%.
Translations
[edit ]a downward trend, or the beginnings of one
- Belarusian: спад m (spad)
- Catalan: daltabaix (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Finnish: lasku (fi) , heikkeneminen (fi) , taantuma (fi) , laskusuhdanne
- French: ralentissement (fr) m, déclin (fr) m
- German: Abschwung (de) m, Rückgang (de) m
- Italian: recessione (it) f, calo (it) m
- Japanese: 下降 (ja) (かこう, kakō)
- Korean: 하강 (ko) (hagang)
- Māori: paheketanga , hurirapanga
- Portuguese: declínio (pt)
- Russian: спад (ru) m (spad)
- Spanish: bajón (es)
- Swedish: nedgång (sv) c
- Ukrainian: спад m (spad)
Verb
[edit ]downturn (third-person singular simple present downturns , present participle downturning , simple past and past participle downturned )
- (intransitive ) To turn downwards.
- (intransitive , idiomatic ) To decline.
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