Words / C1

ri-SESHUN/rɪˈseʃn/

A recession is a period when an economy shrinks; also a falling-away: in recession, a recession in funding. Slump is the close twin; boom sits opposite. Recede (this batch) is the verb of moving back. A cut bus is logistics, not a character caption.

Meaning

A period when a country’s economy shrinks; also a falling-away.

Examples

• “A recession in night-bus subsidy is a transport minute, not “character”.”
• “Slump is the close twin. Downturn is milder. Recede is this batch (verb). Character is a story. A route is a timetable. Reinstate the bus, or name the exclusion in the n.”

Good to know

An economic contraction (or a falling-away). Close: slump. Verb cousin: recede (this batch). A bus cut ≠ character.

Near in meaning

slump

New