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Downturn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A tendency downward, especially in business or economic activity.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a worsening of business or economic activity

Word Usage

"NPD results for the last month, when they arrive, should be pretty telling; until now, we've only been able to speculate on whether the downturn is affecting game buying, but most analysts have said that the next round of NPD should show for sure."

Antonym

upturn

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

worsening

Hyponym

downspin

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

slowdown recession meltdown setback slump shortfall disruption decline fluctuations layoff