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RECESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recession mean? 

RECESSION (noun)
  The noun RECESSION has 5 senses:

1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a yearplay

2. a small concavityplay

3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church serviceplay

4. the act of ceding backplay

5. the act of becoming more distantplay

  Familiarity information: RECESSION used as a noun is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECESSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

economic condition (the condition of the economy)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A small concavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

corner; niche; recess; recession

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

concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature (a shape that curves or bends inward)

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

pharyngeal recess (a small recess in the wall of the pharynx)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

recession; recessional

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

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)


Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of ceding back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ceding back; recession

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

ceding; cession (the act of ceding)

Derivation:

recede (retreat)


Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of becoming more distant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

receding; recession

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

withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)

Derivation:

recede (become faint or more distant)

recessional (of or relating to receding)


 Context examples 


Recession of the gum that exposes the furcation of a multirooted tooth.

(Furcation Involvement, NCI Thesaurus)

A periodontal probe that uses a standardized pressure to measure the depth of periodontal pockets, recession, or attachment levels.

(Force-sensitive Electronic Probe, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal recession of the eyeball within the eye socket.

(Enophthalmos, NCI Thesaurus)



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