downturn

downturn

See also: down-turn

English

Etymology

down- +‎ turn

Noun

downturn (plural downturns)

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

Antonyms

• upturn

Translations

a downward trend, or the beginnings of one

Belarusian: спад m (spad) Catalan: daltabaix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 衰退 (zh) (shuāituì), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng) 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) Maori: paheketanga, hurirapanga Portuguese: declínio (pt) Russian: спад (ru) m (spad) Spanish: bajón (es) Swedish: nedgång (sv) c Ukrainian: спад m (spad)

Verb

downturn (third-person singular simple present downturns, present participle downturning, simple past and past participle downturned)

1. To turn downwards
2. To decline

Anagrams

• turn down, turndown