nosedive

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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.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dive, nose dive