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- Dictionarydownturn/ˈdaʊntəːn/
noun
- 1. a decline in economic, business, or other activity: "a downturn in the housing market"
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A downturn is a reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of downturn with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
DOWNTURN meaning: 1. a reduction in the amount or success of...
- Znaczenie Downturn, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DOWNTURN definicja: 1. a reduction in the amount or success...
- Traditional
DOWNTURN translate: 衰退,漸入低迷. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Simplified
DOWNTURN translate: 衰退,渐入低迷. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Downturn: Polish Translation
downturn translate: załamanie. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
A downturn is a downward turn especially toward a decline in business and economic activity. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, example sentences, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Downturn definition: an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down. See examples of DOWNTURN used in a sentence.
A downturn is a drop or reduction in the success of a business or economy. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms, collocations and word frequency, and compare British and American meanings.
a period when a business or economy becomes less successful: There has been a sharp downturn in sales. (Definition of downturn from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of downturn. in Chinese (Traditional) 衰退,漸入低迷… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 衰退,渐入低迷… See more. in Spanish.
If a company makes less money than it did last year, for example, that's a downturn. You'll often find the word downturn in business or economic news, describing the country's entire economy, or the activity of a particular sector of the economy.
A downturn is a fall in the amount of business or the economy. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms and collocations with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.