transcription, транскрипция: [ noʊzdaɪv ]
also nose-dive
( nosedives, nosediving, nosedived)
1.
If prices, profits, or exchange rates nosedive , they suddenly fall by a large amount. ( JOURNALISM )
The value of other shares nosedived by £2.6 billion.
= plummet
VERB : V
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Nosedive is also a noun.
The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits.
N-SING
2.
If something such as someone’s reputation or career nosedives , it suddenly gets much worse. ( JOURNALISM )
Since the US invasion the president’s reputation has nosedived.
VERB : V
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Nosedive is also a noun.
He told the tribunal his career had ‘taken a nosedive’ since his dismissal last year.
N-SING