adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a downward/upward trend (= a tendency for something to increase or decrease )
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The downward trend in population growth was not seen as a problem.
an upward/downward curve
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She stood watching the upward curve of the bird's flight.
downward/upward spiral
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The company is in a downward spiral.
upward/downward mobility
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jobs and opportunities for upward mobility
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
curve
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On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl.
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Scorch marks along the bamboos showed that they had been heated in fire to give the characteristic upward curve of the bow.
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But the signs are that the upward curve is levelling out.
mobility
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Neither is upward mobility , rising income or independence a necessary consequence of their diligence.
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In a society that valued upward mobility , formal education became a gateway to economic and social success.
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More recently, multinationals and foreign capital, with all their implications, have made vertical upward mobility difficult.
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Jeff is already a victim but his actions could alter the balance and restore the upward mobility of his career. 2.
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Self-improvement and upward mobility became suspect in the general Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism.
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He is a wholly conscious arriviste, half proud and half ashamed of both his middle-class background and his upward mobility .
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Fewer than one-fifth of respondents had experienced upward mobility and slightly fewer than one-tenth had experienced downward mobility.
movement
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Hypo F &038; C reckons to be able to achieve an average of 60% of any upward movement in the index.
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This would drag the underlying asthenosphere along and promote a compensatory upward movement within the mantle under mid-oceanic ridges.
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Gently stroke the entire face with gentle upward movements as in Step 4. 14.
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Somewhere around 1973, the upward movement in family incomes stalled.
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But also, and more importantly, the normal upward movement that was for long the solvent for discontent has been arrested.
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However, in a natural environment a sustained response is fairly unambiguous and must indicate upward movement .
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The upward movement peaked in 1810-11.
pressure
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Bad news for consumers: on balance, the higher the figure, the greater the upward pressure on prices.
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Similarly, at interest rates below Oi l, the excess demand for money exerts upward pressure on interest rates.
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This in turn had exerted the upward pressure on bank interest rates which the government was now trying to counter.
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And the resulting higher import prices will put upward pressure on inflation.
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Most likely it was the continued upward pressure on the sterling exchange rate over the weekend.
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If existing money circulates faster, there will be less shortage of money and less upward pressure on interest rates.
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Yet these upward pressures became irresistible in the period of the economic prosperity that followed the Second World War.
shift
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Between 1971-8 and 1978-84 the largest upward shifts in rates of population change all occurred in Inner London boroughs.
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An upward shift would be produced by changing to a new standard at a lower concentration than that required for the test.
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Its falling demand for bills is shown by an upward shift of the demand curve to.
spiral
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At that point, however, the still increasing emissions of carbon dioxide will begin the upward spiral once more.
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Alternatively, or in addition, the upward spiral is the product of some of the surprising consequences of co-operation.
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The tyres squeal like piglets around endless upward spirals .
trend
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Though the usual variation is present the upward trend is continued.
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In all three areas, the numbers showed a steady upward trend .
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Next week's unemployment figures are not expected to show any significant reversal in the recent upward trend .
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Then, from 1957 to 1980, as the labor consultants appear, there is a steady upward trend .
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Linear and quadratic time trends were included to control for the upward trend in volume.
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A similar upward trend is evident in potential demand, with the increasing number of smaller households.
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With golf still increasing in popularity, this upward trend shows no sign of abating.
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Goods traffic on the roads will show a similar upward trend .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an upward movement of the hand
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an upward trend in gasoline prices