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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
Gary Shteyngart

Meaning of "nose dive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NOSE DIVE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOSE DIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nose dive is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES NOSE DIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nose dive in the English dictionary

The first definition of nose dive in the dictionary is a sudden plunge with the nose or front pointing downwards, esp of an aircraft. Other definition of nose dive is a sudden drop or sharp decline. Nose dive is also to perform or cause to perform a nose dive.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOSE DIVE

nose
nose cone
nose drops
nose flute
nose job
nose out
nose rag
nose ring
nose stud
nose to tail
nose wheel
nosean
nosebag
noseband
nosebanded
nosebleed
nosedive
nosegay
noseguard
noseless

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOSE DIVE

Batavian endive
crash dive
crash-dive
dive
endive
gerundive
high dive
khedive
nosedive
postdive
power dive
predive
scuba dive
skydive
stage-dive
swallow dive
swan dive
tardive
updive

Synonyms and antonyms of nose dive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NOSE DIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nose dive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nose dive
dive · drop · plummet · plunge

Translation of «nose dive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOSE DIVE

Find out the translation of nose dive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nose dive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nose dive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俯冲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picada
570 millions of speakers

English

nose dive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाक गोता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغوص الأنف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нос погружение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mergulho de nariz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাক ডুব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plonger le nez
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyelam hidung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sturzflug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ノーズダイブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코 다이빙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyeluk irung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mũi lặn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூக்கு டைவ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाक डायव्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Burun dalışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nose dive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nose dive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніс занурення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύτη βουτιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neus duik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

näsa dyk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stup
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nose dive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOSE DIVE»

The term «nose dive» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.998 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOSE DIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nose dive

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2 QUOTES WITH «NOSE DIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nose dive.
1
Leo Kottke
I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well.
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Gary Shteyngart
When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOSE DIVE»

Discover the use of nose dive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nose dive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nose Dive
NOSE DIVE is a light-hearted teen mystery about Celia Pratchett, New York City high school student, whose head is literally filled with the sound of music.
Karin Gustafson, 2011
2
Skiing Heritage Journal
Ann Bonfoey Taylor, revered as "Nose Dive Annie" in the 1930s as a ski racer at Stowe, Vermont, died at her home in Denver on October 28, 2007. She was 97. Ann was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and raised in Quincy Illinois. When she  ...
3
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
3. be overcome or defeated: In September he took the count in Bordeaux, having picked an election fight with the Prime Minister on the tatter's home ground. take a dive take a nose-dive take a dive I . (of a plane) make a sudden precipitate ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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The Way to Fly: An Introduction to Flight for Beginners
An Introduction to Flight for Beginners " "Avion (pseud.) /*•-, 1 *.«-• THE NOSE DIVE A nose dive is simply a very steep dive, and may be performed with the engine on or off. In early essays the engine should emphatically be off, and the angle ...
" "Avion (pseud.), 1919
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Flying Magazine
Vertical Nose Dive It might be thought at first blush that if a plane is put into a vertical nose dive as shown in Fig. 5, with no lift at all on the wings, the downward speed would become tremendously high. When the machine is first put into a nose ...
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Practical aviation for military airmen
Care should be exercised that the nosing down does not become too steep, or a spinning nose dive will result; too steep and rapid descent is corrected by slightly pulling back the stick control. iNOSE DIVE The nose dive is accomplished by ...
James Andrew White, 1918
7
Aerial Age
The earth may play pranks ; it drifts away in the ascent but rushes towards one in a nose dive ; it tilts up first to the right and then to the left in the bankings and turnings of the aeroplane: it may even take the position of the sky during a loop and ...
‎1922
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Speech, Memory, and Meaning: Intertextuality in Everyday ...
(3.20) Economic indicators continue nose dive. (Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2008) Even a cursory checking of this sentence for matches in Google yields rather rich results: (3.21a) economic statistics // economic fundamentals // economic data ...
Boris Gasparov, 2010
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美國最新口語
take a nose dive ША£ТОДШОС*Ж8£Ш&ЙТЙ ( something goes wrong or sharply decline ) ° •frThe stock marketing is taking a nose dive today. airplane was taking a nose dive before it crashed. £*#щда&т$ ° is grades have taken a nose dive ...
懷中, 2005
10
Navy Air Pilot and Military Aeronautic Review
Nose Diving The nose dive is the opposite to the zoom, and is performed by putting the control lever forward. It is wise to cut off the engine before making a nose dive, because this minimizes (he strain on the whole machine. Nose dives should ...
‎1918

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOSE DIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nose dive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quarterback gurus: Why making changes is so difficult
I wouldn't be surprised if he was throwing ducks that take a nose dive one yard in front of him. He may have looked like he never threw a ... «Niners Nation, Jul 15»
2
Back in the Saddle Again – The Weekly Roundup
Hillary Clinton's poll numbers took a nose dive at a time when there are no negative ads being run against her. When she launched her ... «The Iowa Republican, Jul 15»
3
Double transplant recipient grateful for second chance
After having her first child Calvin four years ago, her condition started to dramatically nose dive, with her blood pressure at an 'uncontrollable' ... «The Ulster Herald, Jul 15»
4
Danniella Westbrook signs Celebrity Big Brother deal
Drama has no Ender. Nose dive . . . awol septum after drug addiction David Abiaw. THE actress has led a troubled life since first trying cocaine in 1987 aged 14. «The Sun, Jul 15»
5
I remember when we could be proud of British industry
This programme graphically described the dramatic climb and subsequent precipitate nose dive of the British aircraft industry after the Second ... «Champion Newspapers, Jul 15»
6
Centre should concede AIIMS demand: Rana
... one more AIIMS to be established at Jammu. “Ultimately people will triumph and deceptive BJP politics will take a nose dive”, he observed. «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
7
Microsoft patches caused fewer problems over the past 3 months …
The list of problematic patches took a nose dive at the end of April. Whatever they're drinking in Redmond, it's working ... «InfoWorld, Jul 15»
8
'X-Men: Apocalypse' Director Bryan Singer Confirms A Fantastic …
... 2018 isn't a complete disaster in the production phase AND assuming X-Men: Apocalypse doesn't nose dive the entire franchise, the current ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
9
MTSU motivated by 2014 nose dive
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Middle Tennessee State's 1-3 finish last season after a 4-2 start resulted in no postseason berth and a sour taste in the ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
10
Why Pope Francis is actually becoming less popular in the US
Pope Francis's popularity among Americans — including Catholics – – has taken a nose dive since last year, a poll released Wednesday ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

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