drop
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2.5
- noun
- /drɑp/
:
caída
- The graph indicates a fairly steep drop through the first two time intervals for both sponsorship programs.
- a sharp drop
- a drop in price
- a significant drop
It has been a precipitous drop, just drop.
- It has been a precipitous drop, just drop.
- It caused frame rate drops and crashes as well.
- They seem to be driving both the drop and the increases.
- So some kind of drop in your sympathetic nervous system.
- So quite a big drop down on those regular savers.
Examples
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Even Syria has seen significant drops, from 16% in 1980 to 5% in 1995.
Academic text (1999) -
That's still unacceptable, but it's a significant drop for all crimes.
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Although it did drop, it was a small drop.
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So, you know, where would price drops come from in real life?
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There will be a slight drop.
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In fact, Russia did see a modest drop in output in the following years.
Academic text (1999) -
But this movement was small relative to the earlier drop in dollar reserves.
Academic text (2012) -
If that were the case, one would expect to see a comparable drop in other abortion statistics.
Academic text (2008) -
We've experienced a slight but abrupt drop in cabin pressure.
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The company reported a significant drop in profits this quarter compared to last year.
Synonyms
106
2.5
A sudden drop in amount, value, or importance
84
2.2
A drop in amount or number
52
3.7
A smaller amount of money or resources that an organization uses to lower costs
50
3.3
A sudden fall in amount or value
40
5.3
A decrease in how much of something is left, often until it is used up
24
6.3
A fall in the general level of prices in an economy
20
4.0
A steep sudden fall from a higher to a lower level
10
3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
9
4.8
A clear drop in how well something works or how much there is
8
4.9
A sudden steep fall in value or amount
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4.6
A sudden large drop in value, often of stocks or prices
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6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
3
6.3
A fall in value of things like property or money over time
3
4.6
A decrease in amount or level, for example moving to a lower job
3
4.0
A drop in amount, level, or quality
2
4.0
A drop in the number or amount of something
2
6.9
A fall in the value or amount of an investment
1
5.1
A period when something gets worse
1
5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
1
6.0
A gradual decrease in size or strength
A sudden fast downward movement, often of people or things
To make something less in amount, value, or level
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
15
4.9
A very small amount that does not help with a much larger problem
- Offensive
1
9.9
Become vulnerable to sexual attack in prison, often used as a grim joke or warning
- Texting
1
8.8
Finish speaking or performing in a confident, impressive way that needs no reply
- Offensive
Say the rude word 'fuck', often in a situation where it surprises or offends people
- Informal
To prepare for a real fight or, informally, to stop fighting and start working together
Compounds
- Specialized
9
6.0
An area where supplies or soldiers are dropped from a plane by parachute
- Jargon
5
9.3
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
- Specialized
4
3.2
A list of options that appears below a menu item so you can choose one
- Specialized
1
3.8
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Specialized
1
4.7
A loss of electrical pressure when current goes through a wire or part of a circuit
- Slang
1
8.0
An impressive ending to a speech or performance that shows nothing more needs saying
- Australian
A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists
- Specialized
A fin under a sailboat that you raise or lower to stop the boat sliding sideways
- Specialized
A large curtain that people lower from above to make a background on a stage
- Specialized
A large curtain hung above the stage that lowers to make background scenery
- Jargon
A moment when a song starts in a film or show that makes the scene more powerful
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drop meaning a fall in value uses the same image of something 'falling' down; think of numbers as small things that fall, so a drop in price is a sudden fall in amount.