recession en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
[…]that light may break forth from the deepest enclosures of darkness, and mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice, and grace may triumph upon the ruin of sin, and God may be glorified in the miracles of our conversion, and the wonders of our preservation and glories of our being saved.
a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, “Of Growth in Sin”, in The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, new edition, volume IV, London: Longman et al., published 1850, page 520:
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(countable, uncountable) A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
Eastward in Bosnia, while the central European clime prevails, the thermic gradient does not follow the recession in the north latitude, but the elevation of the terrain.
1955, A History of the Croatian People from Their Arrival on the Shores of the Adriatic to the Present Day, page 4:The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.
2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:Had this climate recession not occurred, the settlements might have provided the first real bridgehead into the continent of America, rather than being rediscovered by Columbus and later by Cabot.
2004, Wayne Kenneth David Davies, Writing Geographical Exploration, page 96:
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(countable, uncountable) A period of reduced economic activity.
This is not necessarily surprising; employers often use recessions to pay new workers less because they have such a large pool of potential applicants to choose from, says Ruth Milkman, the Labor Studies Chair at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies.
2020 October 15, Alana Semuels, “Workers Who Were Laid Off Say They're Being Passed Over—For Their Own Jobs”, in TIME, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2020:Statisticians often define a recession as negative real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.
In past recessions, drugstores were virtually immune from a turndown.
2009 January 3, Amy Zipkin, “Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Partly because of the heavy burden of government debt built up during his stewardship, and the uncurbed recklessness of the country’s banks, Britain’s recession is already the harshest in Western Europe.
2009 March 29, John F. Burns, “Anglo-American Capitalism on Trial”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021:
- (countable, uncountable) The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of ceding something back.
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(countable, uncountable) A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
Bilateral medial rectus muscle recession when angle is stable. Controversy exists regarding optimal timing of surgery. If greater than 40 prism diopter esotropia, some recommend bimedial recession with resection of one lateral rectus muscle.
2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 467:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recessions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
mancession · vibecession · recessionproof · recession pop · minirecession · W-shaped recession · nonrecession · recessionlike · recession hair · pancession · L-shaped recession · prerecession · recessionist · postrecession · shecession · recessional · U-shaped recession · megarecession · recessionary · antirecession · recessionista · recessionitis · Trumpcession
Synonyms
withdrawal · return procession
Translations (95)
fi taantuminen (act or instance of receding) · hu recesszió (period of reduced economic activity) · fi ristikulkue (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service) · fi vetäytyminen (act or instance of receding) · et majanduslangus (period of reduced economic activity) · ja 衰退 (act or instance of receding) · mk рецесија (period of reduced economic activity) · uk спад (period of reduced economic activity) · th ภาวะเศรษฐกิจถดถอย (period of reduced economic activity) · nb nedgangstid (period of reduced economic activity) · bg отте́гляне (act or instance of receding) · ka ეკონომიკური უკუსვლა (period of reduced economic activity) · da recession (period of reduced economic activity) · ru реце́ссия (period of reduced economic activity) · et retsessioon (period of reduced economic activity) · sq recesion (period of reduced economic activity) · az resessiya (period of reduced economic activity) · th การถอย (act or instance of receding) · fi takaisin luovuttaminen (act of ceding something back) · cmn 下行 (period of reduced economic activity) · hi मंदी (period of reduced economic activity) · lo ເສດຖະກິດຕົກຕໍ່າ (period of reduced economic activity) · tr resesyon (period of reduced economic activity) · ja リセッション (period of reduced economic activity) · lo ຕົກຕໍ່າ (period of reduced economic activity) · fa رکود (period of reduced economic activity) · yi רעסעסיע (period of reduced economic activity) · ja 退去 (act or instance of receding) · id kemerosotan (period of reduced economic activity) · fr récession (period of reduced economic activity) · nl terugtrekking (act or instance of receding) · ja 景気後退 (period of reduced economic activity) · he מיתון \ מִתּוּן (period of reduced economic activity) · kk рецессия (period of reduced economic activity) · ka რეცესია (period of reduced economic activity) · ko 후퇴 (period of reduced economic activity) · it recessione (period of reduced economic activity) · km ដំណើរធ្លាក់ចុះនៃសេដ្ឋកិច្ច (period of reduced economic activity) · sh recèsija (period of reduced economic activity) · lb Rezessioun (period of reduced economic activity) · ro retragere (act or instance of receding) · nl recessie (period of reduced economic activity) · cs recese (period of reduced economic activity) · lt recesija (period of reduced economic activity) · be рэцэ́сія (period of reduced economic activity) · pl recesja (period of reduced economic activity) · pl recesja (act or instance of receding) · cy dirwasgiad (period of reduced economic activity) · id resesi (period of reduced economic activity) · hy անկում (period of reduced economic activity) · nn nedgangstid (period of reduced economic activity) · ru спад (period of reduced economic activity) · fa کسادی (period of reduced economic activity) · eo recesio (period of reduced economic activity) · bg отдалеча́ване (act or instance of receding) · ja 不況 (period of reduced economic activity) · nb resesjon (period of reduced economic activity) · mi paheketanga (act or instance of receding) · nl terugtocht (act or instance of receding) · cmn 蕭條 /萧条 (period of reduced economic activity) · fi ristisaatto (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service) · sah рецессия (period of reduced economic activity) · ca recessió (period of reduced economic activity) · cmn 衰退 (period of reduced economic activity) · es recesión (period of reduced economic activity) · fi taantuma (period of reduced economic activity) · el ύφεση (period of reduced economic activity) · ga cúlú (period of reduced economic activity) · uk реце́сія (period of reduced economic activity) · ro recesiune (act or instance of receding) · fi laskusuhdanne (period of reduced economic activity) · ro recesiune (period of reduced economic activity) · vi sự suy thoái (period of reduced economic activity) · vi sự suy sút (period of reduced economic activity) · ms kemelesetan (period of reduced economic activity) · ro recesie (act or instance of receding) · pt recessão (period of reduced economic activity) · bg реце́сия (period of reduced economic activity) · sk recesia (period of reduced economic activity) · mi paheketanga ohaoha (period of reduced economic activity) · ar تَرَاجُع (period of reduced economic activity) · de Rezession (period of reduced economic activity) · lv recesija (period of reduced economic activity) · ko 불황 (period of reduced economic activity) · sl recesija (period of reduced economic activity) · ka ეკონომიკური დაქვეითება (period of reduced economic activity) · he נסיגה (act or instance of receding) · nl uittredeprocessie (ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service) · ro îndepărtare (act or instance of receding) · sv lågkonjunktur (period of reduced economic activity) · fi takaisinluovutus (act of ceding something back) · sh рецѐсија (period of reduced economic activity) · sv recession (period of reduced economic activity) · be спад (period of reduced economic activity) · cmn 退去 (period of reduced economic activity)