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RECESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of becoming more distant
Synonyms:
receding; recession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
Derivation:
recede (become faint or more distant)
recessional (of or relating to receding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of ceding back
Synonyms:
ceding back; recession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
ceding; cession (the act of ceding)
Derivation:
recede (retreat)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
Synonyms:
recession; recessional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A small concavity
Synonyms:
corner; niche; recess; recession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature (a shape that curves or bends inward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recession"):
pharyngeal recess (a small recess in the wall of the pharynx)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("recession" is a kind of...):
economic condition (the condition of the economy)
