recession

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep

▪

It was the worst recession since the war.

▪ mild, shallow

▪ double-dip (= a second decrease after a period of improvement) (esp. AmE)

▪

The US managed to avoid a double-dip recession.

▪ long, prolonged

▪ short, short-lived

▪ impending, looming

▪ deepening

▪ global, international, national, world, worldwide

▪ economic, industrial

VERB + RECESSION

▪ cause, induce, trigger

▪ enter, go into, move into

▪ fall into, plunge (sth) into, push sth into, sink into, slide into, slip into, throw sth into, tip (sth) into

▪

A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.

▪ experience, suffer, suffer from

▪

Germany was suffering a steep recession.

▪ deepen, prolong

▪

These reforms will only deepen the recession.

▪ combat, fight

▪ avoid, beat, prevent

▪ climb out of, come out of, emerge from, get (sth) out of, lead sth out of, move out of, pull (sth) out of

▪

active policies to pull the country out of recession

▪ end

▪ escape, escape from

▪ ride out, survive, weather

▪

As dozens of companies go out of business, others are riding out the recession.

▪ worsen

RECESSION + VERB

▪ begin, start

▪ end

▪ loom

▪

With a recession looming, consumers are spending less.

▪ hit sth

▪

The country has been hit by recession.

▪ bottom out

PREPOSITION

▪ in (a/the) recession

▪

The economy is in deep recession.

PHRASES

▪ the depth of the recession

▪ the effects of the recession, the impact of the recession

▪ in the depths of a recession, in times of recession

▪ recovery from (the) recession, a way out of the recession