NOSEDIVE


Meaning of NOSEDIVE in English

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

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

Nosedive is also a noun.

He told the tribunal his career had ‘taken a nosedive’ since his dismissal last year.

N-SING

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