downturn

See also: down-turn

English

Etymology

down- +‎ turn

Noun

downturn (plural downturns)

A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.

Antonyms

upturn

Translations

a downward trend, or the beginnings of one

Catalan: daltabaix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 衰退 (zh) (shuāituì), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)
Finnish: lasku (fi), heikkeneminen (fi), taantuma (fi), laskusuhdanne
French: ralentissement (fr) m, déclin (fr) m
German: Abschwung (de) m, Rückgang (de) m
Italian: recessione (it) f, calo (it) m

Japanese: 下降 (ja) (かこう, kakō)
Maori: paheketanga
Portuguese: declínio (pt)
Russian: спад (ru) m (spad)
Spanish: bajón (es)
Swedish: nedgång (sv) c

Verb

downturn (third-person singular simple present downturns, present participle downturning, simple past and past participle downturned)

To turn downwards
To decline

Anagrams

turn down, turndown

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