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nosedive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈnəʊzdaɪv/

Etymology

From nose + dive.

Meanings

1. A headfirst fall or jump.
2. A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
3. (usually) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
   • Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years. 2022 April 6, Howard Johnston, “SRA: Lets not make the same mistakes with GBR”, in RAIL, number 954, page 34:

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Translations (28)

it picchiata (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards) · fi romahdus (a rapid fall in price or value) · es desplome de precio (a rapid fall in price or value) · hu mélyrepülés (a rapid fall in price or value) · da styrtdyk (a headfirst fall or jump) · pl skoczyć na główkę (a rapid fall in price or value) · sv störtdykning (a rapid fall in price or value) · hu zuhanórepülés (a headfirst fall or jump) · es desplome de valor (a rapid fall in price or value) · ca caiguda de preu (a rapid fall in price or value) · ja 急降下 (a headfirst fall or jump) · ca salt m de cap (a headfirst fall or jump) · hu zuhanás (a rapid fall in price or value) · fi pystysyöksy (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards) · es salto m de cabeza (a headfirst fall or jump) · da styrtdykning (a rapid fall in price or value) · sv störtdykning (a headfirst fall or jump) · nl duikvlucht (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards) · ca capbussada (a headfirst fall or jump) · ja 急降下 (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards) · fi syöksy pää edellä (a headfirst fall or jump) · bg срив (a rapid fall in price or value) · ca caiguda de valor (a rapid fall in price or value) · sv störtdykning (aviation: drop in altitude with nose angled downwards) · ca capbussó (a headfirst fall or jump) · hu bukórepülés (a headfirst fall or jump) · pl skok na główkę (a headfirst fall or jump) · fi hyppy pää edellä (a headfirst fall or jump)

nosedive en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈnəʊzdaɪv/

Etymology

From nose + dive.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.
2. (intransitive, qualifier:economy) To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
   • With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise. 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56:

Forms

Relateds

power dive · crash dive

Translations (20)

fi romahtaa (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · ca caure's el preu (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · sv störtdyka (to dive down in a steep angle) · it scendere in picchiata (to dive down in a steep angle) · es desplomarse el valor (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · bg сривам (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · fi syöksyä pystysyöksyssä (to dive down in a steep angle) · hu zuhan (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · ja 急降下する (to dive down in a steep angle) · es desplomarse el precio (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · mi tapakō (to dive down in a steep angle) · es sumergirse (to dive down in a steep angle) · ca caure's el valor (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · ca capbussar (to dive down in a steep angle) · bg пикирам (to dive down in a steep angle) · nl een duikvlucht maken (to dive down in a steep angle) · sv störtdyka (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · it crollare (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · da styrtdykke (to perform a rapid fall in price or value) · da styrtdykke (to dive down in a steep angle)