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- Dictionarynosedive/ˈnəʊzdʌɪv/
noun
- 1. a steep downward plunge by an aircraft: "the pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. (of an aircraft) make a nosedive: "the plane nosedived into the ground and exploded" Similar Opposite
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NOSEDIVE definition: 1. a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down: 2. a sudden fast fall in…. Learn more.
1. : a downward nose-first plunge of a flying object (such as an airplane) 2. : a sudden extreme drop. stock prices took a nosedive. nose-dive intransitive verb. Synonyms. descent. dip. dive. down. drop. fall. plunge. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of nosedive in a Sentence. The plane went into a nosedive.
to suddenly fall in value, quickly and by a large amount: House prices nosedived without warning. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of nosedive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) nosedive | Intermediate English. noun [ C ] us / ˈnoʊzˌdɑɪv / Add to word list.
noun. a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward. a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline: a time when market values were in a nosedive. verb (used without object) , nose·dived or nose·dove, nose·dived, nose·div·ing. to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
If something such as someone's reputation or career nosedives, it suddenly gets much worse. [journalism] Since the U.S. invasion the president's reputation has nosedived. [VERB] Nosedive is also a noun. He told the tribunal his career had 'taken a nosedive' since his dismissal last year.
Definitions of nosedive. noun. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. synonyms: dive, nose dive. see more. noun. a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline. “the stock took a nosedive ”. see more.
a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where something suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail. Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis. These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive. Her spirits took a sudden nosedive after her husband’s death. Stock markets have crashed in the biggest nosedive this century.
noun. /ˈnoʊzdaɪv/ [singular] a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where something suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis. These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive. (figurative) Her spirits took a sudden nosedive after her husband's death.
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to fall very quickly in value: The economy nosedived after the war. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn words you need to communicate with confidence. nosedive. noun [ C ] (Definition of nosedive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
