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Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession.
Rosecrans Baldwin

Meaning of "recession" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECESSION

From Latin recessio.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RECESSION

recession  [rɪˈsɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECESSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recession is 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.

WHAT DOES RECESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Recession

In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction. It is a general slowdown in economic activity. Macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, investment spending, capacity utilization, household income, business profits, and inflation fall, while bankruptcies and the unemployment rate rise. Recessions generally occur when there is a widespread drop in spending. This may be triggered by various events, such as a financial crisis, an external trade shock, an adverse supply shock or the bursting of an economic bubble. Governments usually respond to recessions by adopting expansionary macroeconomic policies, such as increasing money supply, increasing government spending and decreasing taxation.

Definition of recession in the English dictionary

The first definition of recession in the dictionary is a temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity. Other definition of recession is the withdrawal of the clergy and choir in procession from the chancel at the conclusion of a church service. Recession is also the act of receding.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECESSION


accession
əkˈsɛʃən
cession
ˈsɛʃən
circuminsession
ˌsɜːkəmɪnˈsɛʃən
concession
kənˈsɛʃən
decession
dɪˈsɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
intercession
ˌɪntəˈsɛʃən
obsession
əbˈsɛʃən
postrecession
ˌpəʊstrɪˈsɛʃən
precession
prɪˈsɛʃən
procession
prəˈsɛʃən
reaccession
ˌriːəkˈsɛʃən
retrocession
ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛʃən
secession
sɪˈsɛʃən
self-obsession
ˌsɛlfəbˈsɛʃən
session
ˈsɛʃən
succession
səkˈsɛʃən
supersession
ˌsuːpəˈsɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECESSION

reception desk
reception room
receptionist
receptive
receptively
receptiveness
receptivity
receptor
recertification
recertify
recess
recess appointment
recessed
recesses
recessional
recessionary
recessionista
recessive
recessively
recessiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECESSION

admission
aggression
commission
compassion
confession
conversion
discussion
emission
European Commission
mission
passion
percussion
permission
possession
pression
profession
progression
regression
submission
suppression
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of recession in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RECESSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «recession» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of recession

Translation of «recession» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECESSION

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

Translator English - Chinese

衰退
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recesión
570 millions of speakers

English

recession
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मंदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ركود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recessão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মন্দা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

récession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemelesetan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rezession
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

景気後退
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불경기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resesi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng suy thoái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

durgunluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recessione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

recesja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recesiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύφεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

resessie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lågkonjunktur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbakegang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recession

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECESSION»

The term «recession» is very widely used and occupies the 17.541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECESSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «recession» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «recession» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «RECESSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recession.
1
Giovanni Agnelli
In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession.
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Lester Bangs
No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse.
4
Simon Beaufoy
In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people.
5
Marsha Blackburn
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.
6
Omar Bongo
Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
7
Lael Brainard
When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the U.S. economy would not escape the depths of recession without the full contributions of women.
8
Rebekah Brooks
The quality of our journalism will make or break our industry, not the recession.
9
Eric Cantor
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.
10
Ann Coulter
When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now that there is a mild recession, Democrats want to raise taxes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECESSION»

Discover the use of recession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Redistribution Recession: How Labor Market Distortions ...
The Redistribution Recession is a controversial, clear-cut, and thoroughly researched analysis of the effects of various government policies on the labor market.
Casey B. Mulligan, 2012
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The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash ...
This book is a heartfelt plea and call to the American church combining quality research, genuine hope, and practical application with the purpose of igniting the church toward a better future.
John S. Dickerson, 2013
3
The Great Recession: Market Failure Or Policy Failure?
Argues that the 2008-9 recession needs to be understood as deriving from mistakes of central banks and regulators, not financial markets.
Robert L. Hetzel, 2012
4
America's Recession: The Effects of the Economic Downturn
Details the history, causes, and effects of the recession in the United States that started in 2007.
Corona Brezina, 2011
5
The Global Great Recession
Canterbery's latest literary work provides a definitive account of the Great Recession of 2007-2010.
E. Ray Canterbery, 2011
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Coping with recession: UK company performance in adversity
Original research, examining how companies cope with recessionary pressures.
Paul Geroski, Paul Gregg, 1997
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A Perfect Job During Recession
A Perfect Job During Recession will change lives.
Louis Weiss, 2009
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Recession, Crime, and Punishment
To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Steven Box, 1987
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The Great Recession
Officially over in 2009, the Great Recession is now generally acknowledged to be the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression.
David B. Grusky, Bruce Western, Christopher Christopher Wimer, 2011
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Unemployment Gender Gap During the Current Recession
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication.
Aysegul Sahin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recession is used in the context of the following news items.
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More children living in poverty now than during recession
A higher percentage of children live in poverty now than did during the Great Recession, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation released ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Canadian recession fears grow as interest rate drops to another …
Bank governor Stephen Poloz carefully avoided using the word “recession” as he announced the rate cut on Wednesday, bringing the central bank's overnight ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
America recovers from its great baby recession
(CNN) The number of births in the United States went up last year for the first time since 2007, according to an annual report by the CDC National Center for ... «CNN, Jun 15»
4
Exhale: Solid May hiring lifts recession fears
The U.S. economy added a very solid 280,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reports, soaring past the 225,000 projected by mainstream economic ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jun 15»
5
Opinion: The economy actually is not in a recession
The economy is growing at a slower pace, but it is not in a recession. Absent a major shock, it won't be in a recession for quite a while. How do we know? «MarketWatch, May 15»
6
Greece Falls Back Into Recession
ATHENS—Greece slipped back into recession in the first quarter, European Union data confirmed on Wednesday, showing how the confrontation between the ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
7
Economy|What the Fed's 2009 Transcripts Reveal About Its …
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday offered a new window on its response to the Great Recession, publishing complete transcripts of the 11 policy-making ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
8
Japan comes out of recession
The fall into recession dented Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pro-spending growth bid, dubbed “Abenomics”, which boosted stock prices and pushed the yen down ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
9
Japan recession worse than first reported
The recession that struck Japan after a tax increase in April was deeper than first reported, the government said on Monday, casting fresh doubt over its efforts to ... «Financial Times, Dec 14»
10
Corporate Deals Counter Japan's Recession
The stock market was little changed on Monday after mostly listless trading. Investors weighed the implications of a recession in Japan, but were encouraged by ... «New York Times, Nov 14»

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