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downtrend

downtrend noun: any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.

Noun

downtrend (plural downtrends)

  1. Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
    • The stock market took a long time to recover from the downtrend.

Verb

downtrend (third-person singular simple present downtrends, present participle downtrending, simple past and past participle downtrended)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo a downward trend.

Forms of downtrend

Noun
pluraldowntrends
Verb
third-person singular presentdowntrends
present participledowntrending
past participledowntrended
pastdowntrended

Origin of downtrend

From down- + trend.

Questions about downtrend

What does downtrend mean?
Downtrend means any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
What part of speech is downtrend?
Downtrend can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of downtrend?
The plural of downtrend is downtrends.

Words near downtrend in the dictionary

  1. downtread
  2. downtreading
  3. downtreads
  4. downtree
  5. downtrees
  6. downtrend
  7. downtrended
  8. downtrending
  9. downtrends
  10. downtrod
  11. downtrodden

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