slowdown

«slowdown» in Mova's school dictionary: A time when something becomes slower or less busy — 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 slowdown, slowdowns); phrasal verb (slow down, slows down, slowed down, slowing down)

meaning for a pupil

1) A time when something becomes slower or less busy. tree →

2) (business) A drop in how much a country or company makes and sells. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science a slowdown is a decrease in speed or rate: the car slows down from 60 to 40 mph. In news, an economic slowdown means less buying and selling. In traffic reports, a slowdown means cars move slowly. Phrases: a sharp slowdown, a slowdown in sales.

examples

• There was a slowdown on the motorway because of an accident. tree →
• The shop noticed a slowdown in sales after Christmas. tree →
• Please slow down near the school. tree →
• The slowdown in growth worried the factory owners. tree →
• The runner's slowdown on the last lap cost him the race. tree →
• Workers held a slowdown instead of a strike. tree →

note

The noun is one word (slowdown); the verb is two words (slow down). In maths problems a slowdown means the speed or rate goes down, so the same distance takes more time.

In the corpora

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

Trees and pragmatics

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