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RECESSION

\ɹɪsˈɛʃən], \ɹɪsˈɛʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of RECESSION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the act of ceding back
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the act of ceding back
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of going back or retiring; withdrawal; retirement; the act of giving back.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Retraction, the act of drawing away or retiring.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Act of receding: a ceding or giving back.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Act of receding.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The act of receding; withdrawal.
The act of ceding again; a giving back; retrocession.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; a cession back.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The act of receding-see recede.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Hidden, concealed. In the mendelian theory of heredity, those inherited characteristics which are not apparent in the individual but may be transmitted and appear in the progeny. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] Act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a place, a claim, or demand;-act of ceding back; restoration.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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