slump
verb/slʌmp/
/slʌmp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slump | /slʌmp/ /slʌmp/ |
| he / she / it slumps | /slʌmps/ /slʌmps/ |
| past simple slumped | /slʌmpt/ /slʌmpt/ |
| past participle slumped | /slʌmpt/ /slʌmpt/ |
| -ing form slumping | /ˈslʌmpɪŋ/ /ˈslʌmpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount synonym drop
- Sales have slumped this year.
- slump by something Profits slumped by over 50 per cent.
- slump (from something) (to something) The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2- Oil prices have slumped quite badly in recent months.
- Shares in the company slumped from £2.75 to £1.54.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- alarmingly
- badly
- dramatically
- …
- by
- from
- to
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to sit or fall down heavily
- Exhausted, he slumped down in his chair.
- She slumped to her knees.
Extra Examples- Bart was slumped in front of the TV.
- He lay slumped over the steering wheel.
- He slumped against the wall.
- He was found slumped in a pool of blood by security guards.
- I walked in and saw him slumped over.
- She slumped back in her seat.
- She slumped onto the bed.
- She was sitting with her head slumped forward.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- forward
- over
- …
- against
- in
- in front of
- …
- be found slumped…
- lie slumped…
- sit slumped…
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.
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