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nosedives

nosedives is the plural of nosedive.

nosedives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nosedive.

Meaning of nosedive

Noun

nosedive (plural nosedives)

  1. A headfirst fall or jump.
  2. A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
  3. (usually) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
    • Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years.2022 April 6, Howard Johnston, “SRA: Lets not make the same mistakes with GBR”, in RAIL, number 954, page 34

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Questions about nosedives

What is nosedives the plural of?
Nosedives is the plural of nosedive.

Words near nosedives in the dictionary

  1. nosed out
  2. nosed over
  3. nosedeaf
  4. nosedive
  5. nosedived
  6. nosedives
  7. nosediving
  8. nosedness
  9. nosedove
  10. noseeum
  11. noseeums

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