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nosedive
nosedive
I. nose‧dive1 /ˈnəʊzdaɪv $ ˈnoʊz-/ noun [COUNTABLE] 1. a sudden very large fall in the price, value, or condition of something: ▪ The pound took a nosedive on the foreign exchange market today. ▪ The economy went into a nosedive.
2. a sudden steep drop made by a plane with its front end pointing towards the ground: ▪ Everyone screamed as the plane suddenly went into a nosedive.
II. nosedive2 verb [INTRANSITIVE] 1. if a price, value, or condition of something nosedives, it suddenly goes down or gets much worse SYN plummet: ▪ Sales have nosedived since January.
2. if a plane nosedives, it drops suddenly and steeply with its front end pointing towards the ground
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB take ▪ The Cfund, for that one month, took a nosedive. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The plane suddenly went into a nosedive. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I was off-balance, falling forward, lurching with giant strides, certain that the next step would end in a nosedive. ▪ The Cfund, for that one month, took a nosedive. ▪ The world's stock markets crash in the biggest nosedive since 1929. ▪ There is surely a new formula here for those who wish to break out of the global environmental nosedive.
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