nosedive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nosedive (plural nosedives)
- A headfirst fall or jump.
- (aviation) A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
- (economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
- 2022 April 6, Howard Johnston, “SRA: Lets not make the same mistakes with GBR”, in RAIL, number 954, page 34:
- Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years.
Translations[edit]
a headfirst fall or jump
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aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards
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a rapid fall in price or value
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Verb[edit]
nosedive (third-person singular simple present nosedives, present participle nosediving, simple past nosedived or nosedove, past participle nosedived)
- (intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.
- (intransitive, economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
- 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56:
- With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.
Translations[edit]
to dive down in a steep angle
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to perform a rapid fall in price or value
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “nosedive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.