noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , deep , major , serious , severe , sharp , steep
▪
It was the worst ~ since the war.
▪ mild , shallow
▪ double-dip (= a second decrease after a period of improvement) ( esp. AmE )
▪
The US managed to avoid a double-dip ~.
▪ long , prolonged
▪ short , short-lived
▪ impending , looming
▪ deepening
▪ global , international , national , world , worldwide
▪ economic , industrial
VERB + RECESSION
▪ cause , induce , trigger
▪ enter , go into , move into
▪ fall into , plunge (sth) into , push sth into , sink into , slide into , slip into , throw sth into , tip (sth) into
▪
A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into ~.
▪ experience , suffer , suffer from
▪
Germany was suffering a steep ~.
▪ deepen , prolong
▪
These reforms will only deepen the ~.
▪ combat , fight
▪ avoid , beat , prevent
▪ climb out of , come out of , emerge from , get (sth) out of , lead sth out of , move out of , pull (sth) out of
▪
active policies to pull the country out of ~
▪ end
▪ escape , escape from
▪ ride out , survive , weather
▪
As dozens of companies go out of business, others are riding out the ~.
▪ worsen
RECESSION + VERB
▪ begin , start
▪ end
▪ loom
▪
With a ~ looming, consumers are spending less.
▪ hit sth
▪
The country has been hit by ~.
▪ bottom out
PREPOSITION
▪ in (a/the) ~
▪
The economy is in deep ~.
PHRASES
▪ the depth of the ~
▪ the effects of the ~ , the impact of the ~
▪ in the depths of a ~ , in times of ~
▪ recovery from (the) ~ , a way out of the ~