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nosediving

nosediving is the present participle and gerund of nosedive.

Meaning of nosedive

Verb

nosedive (third-person singular simple present nosedives, present participle nosediving, simple past nosedived or (chiefly US) nosedove, past participle nosedived)

  1. (intransitive) To dive down in a steep angle.
  2. (intransitive, economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
    • With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56

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Questions about nosediving

What is nosediving the present participle and gerund of?
Nosediving is the present participle and gerund of nosedive.

Words near nosediving in the dictionary

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

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