RECESSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does recession mean?
• RECESSION (noun)
The noun RECESSION has 5 senses:
1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
2. a small concavity
3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
4. the act of ceding back
5. the act of becoming more distant
Familiarity information: RECESSION used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• RECESSION (noun)
Meaning:
The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
economic condition; financial condition (the condition of finances)
Meaning:
A small concavity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
niche; recess; recession; corner
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature (a shape that curves or bends inward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recession"):
pharyngeal recess (a small recess in the wall of the pharynx)
Meaning:
The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
recessional; recession
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Meaning:
The act of ceding back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ceding back; recession
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
ceding; cession (the act of ceding)
Meaning:
The act of becoming more distant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
receding; recession
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
