downturn

See also: down-turn

English

Etymology

down- +‎ turn

Pronunciation

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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.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39:

     In the 1950s, the downturn in BR's financial performance can be illustrated by its declining market share. Between 1951 and 1961, the railways' market share of passenger business fell from 21% to 14%, and for freight from 45% to 29%.

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