| NOUN | process | drop-off, slump, slack, falloff, falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
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| object | drop-off, cliff, drop | a steep high face of rock | |
| event | drop-off, decrease, lessening | a change downward |
| Sounds | draa'pao.f | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | blastoff ... turnoff: 31 rhymes with aof... | |
| Meaning | A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. | |
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| Example | "a drop-off in attendance" | |
| Synonyms | slump, slack, falloff, falling off | |
| Broader | deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening | Process of changing to an inferior state |
| Spanish | bajón, caída | |
| Catalan | caiguda, davallada | |
| Verbs | drop off | get worse |
| Meaning | A steep high face of rock. | |
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| Synonyms | cliff, drop | |
| Narrower | crag | A steep rugged rock or cliff |
| precipice | A very steep cliff | |
| Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
| Spanish | acantilado, cantil, despeñadero, peñasco, precipicio, risco | |
| Catalan | cingle, cinglera, espadat, penya-segat, precipici | |
| Meaning | A change downward. | |
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| Example | "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" | |
| Synonyms | decrease, lessening | |
| Narrower | attrition | A wearing down to weaken or destroy |
| casualty | A decrease of military personnel or equipment | |
| dwindling, dwindling away | A becoming gradually less | |
| shrinking, shrinkage | Process or result of becoming less or smaller | |
| sinking | A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength) | |
| waning | A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent | |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| Opposite | increase | A change resulting in an increase / increase |
| Spanish | aminoración, bajada, baja, caída, descenso, disminución, mengua, rebaja, reducción | |
| Catalan | baixada, disminució, reducció | |
| Verbs | drop off | fall or diminish |
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