SLUMP
Dictionary entry overview: What does slump mean?
• SLUMP (noun)
The noun SLUMP has 2 senses:
1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Familiarity information: SLUMP used as a noun is rare.
• SLUMP (verb)
The verb SLUMP has 4 senses:
1. assume a drooping posture or carriage
2. fall or sink heavily
3. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
4. go down in value
Familiarity information: SLUMP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SLUMP (noun)
Meaning:
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
drop-off; falling off; falloff; slump; slack
Context examples:
the team went into a slump / a gradual slack in output / a drop-off in attendance / a falloff in quality
Hypernyms ("slump" is a kind of...):
declension; decline in quality; deterioration; worsening (process of changing to an inferior state)
Meaning:
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
economic crisis; slump; depression
Hypernyms ("slump" is a kind of...):
economic condition; financial condition (the condition of finances)
Instance hyponyms:
Great Depression (the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s)
• SLUMP (verb)
Meaning:
Assume a drooping posture or carriage
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slouch; slump
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
droop; flag; sag; swag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
The children slump in the rocking chair
There slump some children in the rocking chair
Meaning:
Fall or sink heavily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slide down; slump; sink
Context examples:
He slumped onto the couch / My spirits sank
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fall off; slump; sink
Context example:
The real estate market fell off
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
drop (go down in value)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to slump
Meaning:
Go down in value
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slump; correct; decline
Context examples:
the stock market corrected / prices slumped
Hypernyms (to "slump" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
