| VERB | motion | slump, slouch | assume a drooping posture or carriage |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | slump, slide down, sink | fall or sink heavily | |
| change | slump, fall off, sink | fall heavily or suddenly | |
| motion | slump, decline, correct | go down in value | |
| NOUN | process | slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
| state | slump, depression, economic crisis | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices / prices and low levels of trade and investment |
| Sounds | slah'mp | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bump ... trump: 18 rhymes with ahmp... | |
| Meaning | A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the team went into a slump" | |
| Synonyms | slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off | |
| Broader | deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening | Process of changing to an inferior state |
| Spanish | bajón, caída | |
| Catalan | caiguda, davallada | |
| Verbs | slump | fall heavily or suddenly |
| Meaning | A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices / prices and low levels of trade and investment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | depression, economic crisis | |
| Instances | Great Depression | The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s |
| Broader | crisis | An unstable / unstable situation of extreme / extreme danger or difficulty |
| economic condition | The condition of the economy | |
| Spanish | crisis económica, depresión | |
| Catalan | crisi econòmica, depressió | |
| Verbs | slump | fall heavily or suddenly |
| Meaning | assume a drooping posture or carriage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children slump in the rocking chair; There slump some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonym | slouch | |
| Broader | sag, droop, swag, flag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness |
| Spanish | caer en recesión, encorvarse, inclinarse | |
| Catalan | corbar-se, encorbar-se | |
| Meaning | fall or sink heavily. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He slumped onto the couch" | |
| Synonyms | slide down, sink | |
| Broader | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
| Spanish | hundirse | |
| Catalan | fondre's | |
| Meaning | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The stock market is going to slump | |
| Synonyms | fall off, sink | |
| Broader | drop | go down in value |
| Similar to | sink, drop, drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level |
| Catalan | caure, enfonsar-se | |
| Nouns | slump | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
| slump | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices / prices and low levels of trade and investment | |
| Meaning | go down in value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "prices slumped" | |
| Synonyms | decline, correct | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
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