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downfall
English
Etymology
From down- +? fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da?nf??l/
Noun
downfall (countable and uncountable, plural downfalls)
- A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
- Synonyms: (precipitous decline in fortune) fall, (death or rapid deterioration) doom
- The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
- Orson Scott Card
- It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.
- Orson Scott Card
- An act of falling down.
Derived terms
- Operation Downfall
Translations
Verb
downfall (third-person singular simple present downfalls, present participle downfalling, simple past downfell, past participle downfallen)
- (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
- 1998, Peter Vink, Ernst A. P. Koningsveld, Steven Dhondt, Human factors in organizational design and management-VI:
- Common belief has been that in the future the number of middle managers will downfall due to empowerment and team-building.
- 1998, Lithuanian physics journal:
- It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude.
- 1998, Peter Vink, Ernst A. P. Koningsveld, Steven Dhondt, Human factors in organizational design and management-VI:
Derived terms
- down-fallen, downfallen
Anagrams
- Wolfland, fall down, landfowl
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downturn
English
Etymology
down- +? turn
Noun
downturn (plural downturns)
- A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
Antonyms
- upturn
Translations
Verb
downturn (third-person singular simple present downturns, present participle downturning, simple past and past participle downturned)
- To turn downwards
- To decline
Anagrams
- turn down, turndown
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