slump
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
the team went into a slump
Types & categories
- worsening hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
assume a drooping posture or carriage
Types & categories
- swag hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Types & categories
- crisis hypernym
- economic condition hypernym
- Great Depression instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- fall off derivation
Sense 4 verb
fall or sink heavily
He slumped onto the couch
Types & categories
- collapse hypernym
Sense 5 verb
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
The real estate market fell off
Types & categories
- drop hypernym
Related & opposite
- drop-off derivation
- economic crisis derivation
- sink verb group
Sense 6 verb
go down in value
the stock market corrected
Types & categories
- come down hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall away |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall away |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slacken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slack up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worsening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slouch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sloucher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swag |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | crisis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | economic condition |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Depression |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | collapse |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | economic crisis |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | sink |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | drop |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |