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Definition of downturn noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

downturn

noun

NAmE//ˈdaʊntərn//

[usually singular] downturn (in something)

a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker a downturn in sales/trade/business the economic downturn of the late 1990s opposite upturn

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Nearby words

downtrend noun
downtrodden adjective
downturn noun
downward adjective
downward adverb