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# subsidence

noun (subsidence — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Subsidence is when the ground slowly sinks lower, which can crack buildings, roads and walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#m1)
2. Subsidence can also mean a thing such as a flood, storm or feeling dying down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, subsidence is caused by old mines underneath, soil drying out, removal of groundwater or soft ground; it is part of studying how land changes. In everyday life in the UK, homeowners worry about subsidence cracks, and house insurance covers it. Phrases: «subsidence damage», «mining subsidence».

### Examples

- Subsidence caused big cracks in the wall of the old house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x1)
- The road was closed because of subsidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x2)
- Old coal mines can cause subsidence above them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x3)
- Dry summers can shrink clay soil and lead to subsidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x4)
- The surveyor checked the house for subsidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x5)
- Pumping out too much groundwater can cause subsidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x6)
- After the subsidence of the floodwater, people went home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. From the verb «subside» (to sink or to die down). Pronounced «sub-SY-dence» or «SUB-sid-ence». Not the same as a landslide, which is fast and sideways.

## On Mova

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