slowdown
[sloh-doun]
- a slowing down or delay in progress, action, etc.
- a deliberate slowing of pace by workers to win demands from their employers.
- Sports. a holding or passing tactic by a team to retain possession of the ball, puck, etc., or use up a maximal amount of time, as to safeguard a lead or thwart a high-scoring opponent.
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Origin of slowdown
First recorded in 1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase slow down
Synonyms
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Related Words
declinestagnationdropdelaystrikedownturnslackeningfalloffdrop-offdecelerationdowntrendinactivityslackstoppagefreezearrestretardationslow-upExamples from the Web for slowdown
Contemporary Examples
CDC Director Thomas Frieden is also seen in the ad deploring the slowdown in funds.
What “subtracted ... 2.6 percent from growth” was reduced government spending, along with a slowdown in filling inventories.
Last summer, the finance minister put new mortgage rules into place in an attempt to engineer a slowdown.
Rather, he described the end of the year slowdown as “a temporary pause.”
The hidden story embedded in the Chinese economic “slowdown” is that investment-led growth is plunging.
slowdown
- the usual US and Canadian word for go-slow
- any slackening of pace
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