The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload.
The 1990s witnessed a sharp downturn in the party's fortunes.
a sharp downturn of the economy
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downturn — index decline, decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
downturn — 1926 in the economic sense, from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + TURN (Cf. turn) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
downturn — [n] drop decline, descent, deterioration, dip, downtick, fall, plunge, retreat, sinking, slide, slump; concepts 336,346,738 … New thesaurus
downturn — ► NOUN ▪ a decline in economic or other activity … English terms dictionary
downturn — [doun′tʉrn΄] n. a downward trend, as in business activity … English World dictionary
downturn — The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * downturn down‧turn [ˈdaʊntɜːn ǁ tɜːrn] noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS COMMERCE the part of the economic cycle… … Financial and business terms
downturn — UK [ˈdaʊnˌtɜː(r)n] / US [ˈdaʊnˌtɜrn] noun [countable] Word forms downturn : singular downturn plural downturns economics a reduction in economic or business activity a severe economic downturn downturn in: There has been a sharp downturn in… … English dictionary
downturn — down|turn [ˈdauntə:n US tə:rn] n [C usually singular] a period or process in which business activity, production etc is reduced and conditions become worse ≠ ↑upturn ▪ America s current economic downturn downturn in ▪ a downturn in the auto… … Dictionary of contemporary English
downturn — down|turn [ daun,tɜrn ] noun count a reduction in economic or business activity: a severe economic downturn downturn in: a sharp downturn in demand … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
downturn — [[t]da͟ʊntɜː(r)n[/t]] downturns N COUNT: oft N in n If there is a downturn in the economy or in a company or industry, it becomes worse or less successful than it had been. They predicted a severe economic downturn. ...unchanged profits for 1990… … English dictionary
