Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.
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Recession
//ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩//
Synonyms for "recession" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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5 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- recesion noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Arabic
1 entries- تَرَاجُع noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Armenian
1 entries- անկում noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- resessiya noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Belarusian
2 entries- рэцэ́сія noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- спад noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отдалеча́ване noun (act or instance of receding)
- отте́гляне noun (act or instance of receding)
- реце́сия noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Catalan
1 entries- recessió noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 蕭條 /萧条 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- 衰退 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- 退去 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Czech
1 entries- recese noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Danish
1 entries- recession noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Dutch
4 entries- recessie noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- terugtocht noun (act or instance of receding)
- terugtrekking noun (act or instance of receding)
- uittredeprocessie noun (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service)
Esperanto
1 entries- recesio noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Estonian
2 entries- majanduslangus noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- retsessioon noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Finnish
4 entries- laskusuhdanne noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- ristikulkue noun (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service)
- ristisaatto noun (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service)
- taantuma noun (period of reduced economic activity)
French
1 entries- récession noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Georgian
3 entries- ეკონომიკური დაქვეითება noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- ეკონომიკური უკუსვლა noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- რეცესია noun (period of reduced economic activity)
German
1 entries- Rezession noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Greek
1 entries- ύφεση noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Hebrew
2 entries- מיתון \ מִתּוּן noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- נסיגה noun (act or instance of receding)
Hindi
1 entries- मंदी noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Hungarian
1 entries- recesszió noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Indonesian
2 entries- kemerosotan noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- resesi noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Irish
1 entries- cúlú noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Italian
1 entries- recessione noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Japanese
3 entries- 不況 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- 衰退 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- 退去 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Kazakh
1 entries- рецессия noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Khmer
1 entries- ដំណើរធ្លាក់ចុះនៃសេដ្ឋកិច្ច noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Korean
2 entries- 불황 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- 후퇴 noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Lao
2 entries- ຕົກຕໍ່າ noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- ເສດຖະກິດຕົກຕໍ່າ noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Latvian
1 entries- recesija noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Lithuanian
1 entries- recesija noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Rezessioun noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Macedonian
1 entries- рецесија noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Malay
1 entries- kemelesetan noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Māori
2 entries- paheketanga noun (act or instance of receding)
- paheketanga ohaoha noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nedgangstid noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- resesjon noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nedgangstid noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Persian
2 entries- رکود noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- کسادی noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Polish
2 entries- recesja noun (act or instance of receding)
- recesja noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Portuguese
1 entries- recessão noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Romanian
4 entries- recesie noun (act or instance of receding)
- recesiune noun (act or instance of receding)
- recesiune noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- retragere noun (act or instance of receding)
Russian
2 entries- реце́ссия noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- спад noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- recèsija noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- рецѐсија noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Slovak
1 entries- recesia noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Slovene
1 entries- recesija noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Spanish
1 entries- recesión noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Swedish
2 entries- lågkonjunktur noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- recession noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Thai
2 entries- การถอย noun (act or instance of receding)
- ภาวะเศรษฐกิจถดถอย noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Turkish
1 entries- resesyon noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Ukrainian
2 entries- реце́сія noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- спад noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự suy sút noun (period of reduced economic activity)
- sự suy thoái noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Welsh
1 entries- dirwasgiad noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Yakut
1 entries- рецессия noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Yiddish
1 entries- רעסעסיע noun (period of reduced economic activity)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
He argued that the new policy was bound to drive the economy into recession.
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The recovery of Japan's economy, which has been in a recession for some time, is finally under way.
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This increase in unemployment is a consequence of the recession.
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