English Explanatory Dictionary

recession

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
  2. A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
  3. A period of reduced economic activity.
  4. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
  5. The act of ceding something back.
  6. A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recession.wav

Word forms

recession recessions

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion.

Synonyms

withdrawal return procession

Antonyms

boom

Derived words

antirecession L-shaped recession mancession megarecession minirecession nonrecession pancession postrecession prerecession recessional recessionary recession hair recessionist recessionista recessionitis recessionlike recession pop recessionproof shecession Trumpcession U-shaped recession vibecession W-shaped recession
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