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# recession

noun (a recession, recessions)

«recession» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A time when a country's businesses do badly, many people lose jobs and spending falls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#m1)
2. (formal) The act of moving back or away, like a tide or a glacier going back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news and social studies it is about the economy: in a recession, shops close and money is tight. In geography and science, the recession of a glacier means it is shrinking back. Phrases: in a recession, a deep recession, the recession hit.

### Examples

- Many people lost their jobs in the recession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x1)
- Dad's shop struggled during the recession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x2)
- The country slowly came out of recession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x3)
- Prices stayed the same during the recession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x4)
- Scientists measured the recession of the glacier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x5)
- People saved more money because of the recession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/#x6)

### Note

Countable. A depression is a very long and deep recession. The verb is recede (go back). Do not confuse with recess (a break, especially a school break in the US).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recession.html) on Mova free.