PLUMMET


Meaning of PLUMMET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ plʌmɪt ]

( plummets, plummeting, plummeted)

1.

If an amount, rate, or price plummets , it decreases quickly by a large amount. ( JOURNALISM )

In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...

The Prime Minister’s popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...

The shares have plummeted from 130p to 2.25p in the past year.

= plunge

VERB : V , V to n , V from/to/by n

2.

If someone or something plummets , they fall very fast towards the ground, usually from a great height.

The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground...

VERB : V prep

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