From Longman Dictionary plum‧met /ˈplʌmɪt/ (also plummet down) verb [intransitive] to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place Example With a sudden drop-pounce, he plummets The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light…
From Longman Dictionary level off/out phrasal verb to stop going up or down and continue at the same height to stop rising or falling and become steady to make something flat and smooth Example After climbing steeply through woodland the lane levelled off One economist suggests that…
From Longman Dictionary fluc‧tu‧ate /ˈflʌktʃueɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive] if a price or amount fluctuates, it keeps changing and becoming higher and lower Example This procedure does not allow for adaptability, essential for applications such as process control, which must change as conditions fluctuate The car industry’s annual production fluctuates between 5.1 million and 9.2…
From Longman Dictionary rise1 /raɪz/ ●●● S2 W1 verb to increase in number, amount, or value to go upwards to stand up to become important, powerful, successful, or rich to be very tall to be loud…
From Longman Dictionary dip1 /dɪp/ ●●○ verb (dipped, dipping) to put something into a liquid and lift it out again to move down, or to make something move down, usually for just a short time if an amount or…
From Longman Dictionary cy‧cle1 /ˈsaɪkəl/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun [countable] a number of related events that happen again and again in the same order a bicycle or motorcycle the period of time needed for a machine to finish a process a group of songs, poems etc that are all about a particular…
From Longman Dictionary peak1 /piːk/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] the time when something or someone is best, greatest, highest, most successful etc the sharply pointed top of a mountain a mountain a part that forms a point above a surface…
From Longman Dictionary go down phrasal verb to become lower in level, amount etc if something goes down, its quality or standard gets worse to get a particular reaction from someone if food or drink goes down well, you enjoy it to…
From Longman Dictionary in‧crease1 /ɪnˈkriːs/ ●●● S2 W1 verb if you increase something, or if it increases, it becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree in‧crease2 /ˈɪnkriːs/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable, uncountable] a rise in amount, number, or degree Example Some analysts say…
From Longman Dictionary grow /ɡrəʊ $ ɡroʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense grew /ɡruː/, past participle grown /ɡrəʊn $ ɡroʊn/) to increase in amount, size, number, or strength to make a business or part of a business bigger and more successful to become bigger, taller etc over a period of time…
