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DOLDRUMS

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• DOLDRUMS (noun)
The noun DOLDRUMS has 2 senses:

1. a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
2. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

Familiarity information: DOLDRUMS used as a noun is rare.

• DOLDRUMS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

doldrums; stagnation; stagnancy

Context example:

economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation

Hypernyms ("doldrums" is a kind of...):

inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("doldrums" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

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