DOWNTURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downturn mean? 

• DOWNTURN (noun)
  The noun DOWNTURN has 1 sense:

1. a worsening of business or economic activity

  Familiarity information: DOWNTURN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNTURN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worsening of business or economic activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

downswing; downturn

Context example:

the market took a downturn

Hypernyms ("downturn" is a kind of...):

worsening (changing something with the result that it becomes worse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "downturn"):

downspin (a swift and dangerous downturn)