Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A long-term fluctuation in economic activity between growth and recession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: trade cycle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variation, fluctuation
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
