recession

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
noun a small concavity
noun the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

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

Quarter Leading Indicators Dismal Deep Recession Predicted If 4th. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
The result is a dwarfing of the product, a lowering of the vital power, a recession from the type. — Flamsted quarries, Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
A slight stoop closened and corrected the expansion given to his face by the heightening of his forehead in the recession of his grey hair. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy

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