recession

«recession» in Mova's school dictionary: A time when a country's businesses do badly, many people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a recession, recessions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A time when a country's businesses do badly, many people lose jobs and spending falls. tree →

2) (formal) The act of moving back or away, like a tide or a glacier going back. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and social studies it is about the economy: in a recession, shops close and money is tight. In geography and science, the recession of a glacier means it is shrinking back. Phrases: in a recession, a deep recession, the recession hit.

examples

• Many people lost their jobs in the recession. tree →
• Dad's shop struggled during the recession. tree →
• The country slowly came out of recession. tree →
• Prices stayed the same during the recession. tree →
• Scientists measured the recession of the glacier. tree →
• People saved more money because of the recession. tree →

note

Countable. A depression is a very long and deep recession. The verb is recede (go back). Do not confuse with recess (a break, especially a school break in the US).

In the corpora

• "Soft landing" means a slowdown that avoids a full recession.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recession» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.