recession

B2 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #15397

Meanings

1

noun
A period when a country's economy is weak and business activity falls.

Many people lost their jobs during the recession.
2

noun
The act of moving back or becoming more distant.

The recession of the floodwaters revealed the damage below.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a period when a country's... downturn

2 noun · the act of moving back or... withdrawalreceding

Word family

Forms recessions

Derived forms antirecessionmancessionmegarecessionminirecessionnonrecessionpancessionpostrecessionprerecessionrecessional recessionaryrecessionistrecessionista

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion.

Topics

Economics & Markets Places & Geography

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# recession

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 15397

## Meanings
1. A period when a country's economy is weak and business activity falls.
2. The act of moving back or becoming more distant.

## Examples
- Many people lost their jobs during the recession.
- The recession of the floodwaters revealed the damage below.

## Derived Forms
- antirecession
- mancession
- megarecession
- minirecession
- nonrecession
- pancession
- postrecession
- prerecession
- recessional
- recessionary
- recessionist
- recessionista

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Recession is borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion. Modern senses include a period when a country's economy is weak and business activity falls. and the act of moving back or becoming more distant.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirecession, mancession, megarecession, minirecession, nonrecession, and pancession.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Places & Geography

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