plummet
verb/ˈplʌmɪt/
/ˈplʌmɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they plummet | /ˈplʌmɪt/ /ˈplʌmɪt/ |
| he / she / it plummets | /ˈplʌmɪts/ /ˈplʌmɪts/ |
| past simple plummeted | /ˈplʌmɪtɪd/ /ˈplʌmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle plummeted | /ˈplʌmɪtɪd/ /ˈplʌmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form plummeting | /ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ/ /ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ/ |
- to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position synonym plunge
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low.
- Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.
- The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlummet is used with these nouns as the subject:- attendance
- level
- morale
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead’, diminutive of plomb ‘lead’. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s.
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