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# subsidence

«subsidence» in Mova's school dictionary: **when the ground slowly sinks lower, which can crack…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (subsidence — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Subsidence is when the ground slowly sinks lower, which can crack buildings, roads and walls. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsidence/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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