falloff
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈfɔːlˌɔf/
:
decaimiento
- There has been a significant falloff in sales since the new competitor entered the market.
Examples
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There has only been a slight falloff in the percentage of Latin American exports destined for the German market: 7.4% of the region's exports went to Germany in 1970; just 6.1% went to Germany in 1991.
Academic text (1993) -
Raponi believes that insect harassment may explain the falloff in caribou.
Academic text (2012) -
No one knows why or whether the falloff is real.
Blog text (5) -
"The falloff is not major for us, but Little League is no different than anybody else.
Blog text (24) -
From year to year, the falloff in the flow is dramatic.
Academic text (1998) -
The signs of a falloff in investor confidence are not hard to spot.
Blog text (2) -
By contrast, there has been no falloff in engagement among African American voters.
Blog text (13) -
The falloff in pass rates was more noticeable among 12th-grade students.
Academic text (2015) -
The falloff of RIM/BlackBerry has left Canada without a flagship high-tech brand.
Academic text (2017) -
The falloff in the Senate between 1983 and 1997 is just as striking: from 429 to 175.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
230
2.5
A sudden large decrease in amount or value
106
2.5
A sudden drop in amount, value, or importance
94
4.5
A period when activity or quality is lower than usual
65
4.6
A period when business or the economy falls a lot
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
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
6
4.6
A sudden large drop in value, often of stocks or prices
6
6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
2
6.9
A fall in the value or amount of an investment
1
6.7
A slow drop from an expected level of performance
1
6.7
A slow decrease in strength, amount, or intensity
1
5.1
A period when something gets worse
1
5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
1
3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
1
6.0
A gradual decrease in size or strength
Antonyms
How Much Decline
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Falloff comes from the simple parts fall and off, where fall means 'to drop' and off means 'away'. So a falloff is like something that drops away and today means a 'decrease' in amount, level, or quality.