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# slowdown

«slowdown» in Mova's school dictionary: **A time when something becomes slower or less busy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a slowdown, slowdowns); phrasal verb (slow down, slows down, slowed down, slowing down)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A time when something becomes slower or less busy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#m1)

2) (business) A drop in how much a country or company makes and sells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science a slowdown is a decrease in speed or rate: the car slows down from 60 to 40 mph. In news, an economic slowdown means less buying and selling. In traffic reports, a slowdown means cars move slowly. Phrases: a sharp slowdown, a slowdown in sales.

### examples

- There was a slowdown on the motorway because of an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x1)
- The shop noticed a slowdown in sales after Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x2)
- Please slow down near the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x3)
- The slowdown in growth worried the factory owners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x4)
- The runner's slowdown on the last lap cost him the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x5)
- Workers held a slowdown instead of a strike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/#x6)

### note

The noun is one word (slowdown); the verb is two words (slow down). In maths problems a slowdown means the speed or rate goes down, so the same distance takes more time.

### In the corpora

- ["Soft landing" means a slowdown that avoids a full recession.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slowdown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowdown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.