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recession

/ɹɪˈsɛʃən/

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What does recession mean?

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.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
  2. The act of ceding something back.
  3. A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪˈsɛʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌɹiˈsɛʃən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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After puberty maturity is reached by easy stages, and then comes involution or the recession of sex characters.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
Malaysia's high export dependence leaves it vulnerable to a recession in the OECD countries or a fall in world commodity prices.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
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We shall see later on how the Western world made a curious recession from this seemingly secure position under stimulus of an Oriental misconception.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
There is not more retrogradation, trepidation, accession, recession, and astonishment, in the stars and celestial bodies, than they have found out in this poor little human body.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
Allport reports the history of a case in which there was recession of the gingival margins and alveolar processes, the consequence of amenorrhea.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747