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1nosedive — nose‧dive [ˈnəʊzdaɪv ǁ ˈnoʊz ] verb [intransitive, transitive] if sales, exports, shares etc nosedive, their value or number falls suddenly and by a large amount: • In Hong Kong, stocks nosedived in active trading. • The corporate banking unit s… …
2nosedive — I UK [ˈnəʊzˌdaɪv] / US [ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv] noun [countable] Word forms nosedive : singular nosedive plural nosedives mainly journalism 1) a) a sudden reduction in prices, profits etc go into a nosedive: The company s share price went into a nosedive… …
3nosedive — nose|dive1 [ nouz,daıv ] noun count MAINLY JOURNALISM 1. ) a sudden reduction in prices, profits, etc.: go into a nosedive: The company s share price went into a nosedive yesterday. take a nosedive: The value of the dollar took another nosedive… …
4nosedive — nose|dive1 [ˈnəuzdaıv US ˈnouz ] n 1.) a sudden very large fall in the price, value, or condition of something ▪ The pound took a nosedive on the foreign exchange market today. ▪ The economy went into a nosedive . 2.) a sudden steep drop made by… …
5nosedive — 1 noun (C) 1 a sudden drop in amount, price, rate etc: The pound took a nosedive on the foreign exchange market today. 2 a sudden steep drop made by a plane with its front end pointing towards the ground: Everyone screamed as the plane suddenly… …
6nosedive — 1. noun 1) the plane went into a nosedive Syn: dive, descent, drop, plunge, plummet, fall Ant: climb 2) informal the dollar took a nosedive Syn: fall …
7nosedive — [ˈnəʊzˌdaɪv] noun [C] 1) a sudden reduction in things such as prices or profits The value of the pound took a nosedive today.[/ex] 2) an occasion when a plane suddenly falls out of the sky with its front end pointing down nosedive verb [I] …
8nosedive — noun Date: 1912 1. a downward nose first plunge of a flying object (as an airplane) 2. a sudden extreme drop < stock prices took a nosedive > • nose dive intransitive verb …
9nosedive — n. a great drop; a great decline. (As with a bird or an airplane diving nose first toward the ground. See also take a nosedive.) □ This year our prof ts have taken a nosedive. □ Confidence in the government took a sudden nosedive …
10take a nosedive — tv. to collapse; to fail. □ The market took a nosedive again today. □ She slipped on the ice and took a nosedive …
