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noun
1.
an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
2.
a turn or trend downward; decrease or decline: The new year brought a downturn in the cost of living.
Origin:
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase turn down
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase turn down
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Downturn
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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