slump
[verb]
Synonyms:
- fall, collapse, crash, plunge, sink, slip
- sag, droop, hunch, loll, slouch
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fall, collapse, crash, decline, downturn, drop, reverse, trough
- recession, depression

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Related Idioms: come down like a rock (or a ton of bricks)
Related Words: droop, flag, sag, cave in, collapse

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English Thesaurus: recession, depression, slump, slowdown, downturn, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. slump¹ /slʌmp/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]

1. to fall or lean against something because you are not strong enough to stand
slump against/over/back etc
She slumped against the wall.
Carol slumped back in her chair, defeated.
Ben staggered and slumped onto the floor.

2. to suddenly go down in price, value, or number Antonym : soar:
Sales slumped by 20% last year.
slump to
The currency slumped to a record low.

3. (also be slumped) if your shoulders or head slump or are slumped, they bend forward because you are unhappy, tired, or unconscious:
Her shoulders slumped and her eyes filled with tears.

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II. slump² noun [countable usually singular]

1. a sudden decrease in prices, sales, profits etc
slump in
a slump in car sales

2. a period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs Antonym : boom:
The war was followed by an economic slump.
a worldwide slump

3. especially American English a period when a player or team does not play well
in a slump
The Dodgers have been in a slump for the last three weeks.

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slump
noun
ADJ. world/worldwide | economic, housing, price, property, sales
PREP. in a ~ The economy is in a slump.
into ~ The industry is sinking into slump.
~ in Estate agents were badly hit by the slump in property prices.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

slump
verb
I. decrease suddenly
ADV. badly, disastrously, dramatically, heavily Oil prices have slumped quite badly in recent months.
PREP. by Profits slumped by 70 per cent.
from, to Shares in the company slumped from £2.75 to £1.54.

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slump
II. fall/sit down suddenly and heavily
ADV. a little | dejectedly | forward sitting with her head slumped forward
back, down
PREP. against He slumped against the wall.
in She slumped back in her seat.
into He slumped down into a chair.
over She slumped dejectedly over the wheel.
PHRASES be found slumped … He was found slumped in a pool of blood by security guards.
lie/sit slumped …

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recession a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade:
The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.
fears that the economy may be sliding into recession
depression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs:
During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.
slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs:
The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.
slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession:
High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.
downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing:
Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.
crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems:
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy.

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