nosedive
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
the stock took a nosedive
Types & categories
- diminution hypernym
Sense 2 verb
plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
Types & categories
- dive hypernym
Related & opposite
- air travel domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
Types & categories
- descent hypernym
- power dive hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diminution |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | air travel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | descent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | power dive |