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downturn

/ˈdaʊntɜːn/US/ˈdaʊntɝn/

downturn noun: a downward trend, or the beginnings of one.

Noun

downturn (plural downturns)

  1. A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
    • Near-synonym: decline
    • The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.
    Synonyms:
    decline

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To turn downwards.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To decline.

downturn meaning in Bengali and Kannada

downturn in Bengali

অর্থনৈতিক মন্দা, অধোগতি, ব্যবসায়িক হ্রাস

downturn in Kannada

ಇಳಿತ, ಅವನತಿ

Examples of downturn in a sentence

  • Any [economic] downturn will eventually impact on rail freight, and indeed passenger traffic, so operators are watching this closely.2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20:
  • In the 1950s, the downturn in BR's financial performance can be illustrated by its declining market share.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39:

All 21 example sentences with downturn

Synonyms of downturn

Antonyms

Forms of downturn

Noun
pluraldownturns
Verb
third-person singular presentdownturns
present participledownturning
past participledownturned
pastdownturned

Plural of downturn: downturns

Origin of downturn

From down- + turn.

Questions about downturn

What does downturn mean?
Downturn means a downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
What is downturn in Bengali?
Downturn in Bengali is অর্থনৈতিক মন্দা, অধোগতি, ব্যবসায়িক হ্রাস. See Downturn meaning in Bengali.
How do you use downturn in a sentence?
Any [economic] downturn will eventually impact on rail freight, and indeed passenger traffic, so operators are watching this closely.
What part of speech is downturn?
Downturn can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce downturn?
Downturn is pronounced /ˈdaʊntɜːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of downturn?
The plural of downturn is downturns.

Words near downturn in the dictionary

  1. downtune
  2. downtuned
  3. downtunes
  4. downtuning
  5. downtunings
  6. downturn
  7. downturned
  8. downturning
  9. downturns
  10. Downum
  11. Downums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downturn (page history and authors); downturn (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downturn (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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