serious recession

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandrecession

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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recession
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈseʃ.ən/us
/rɪˈseʃ.ən/
a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business ...
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(Definition ofseriousandrecessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have aseriousrecessionon our hands and it is important to get on and address it, and support the motor industry.
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However, they produced aseriousrecessionin the public and private sector, and inflation was, no doubt, an important reason why that recession occurred.
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Thirdly, we have to consider theseriousrecessionin the textile industry.
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This has been done at a time when the economy is entering aseriousrecession.
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Will there be aseriousrecessionin this country shortly?
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We must not forget the remarkable successes scored by our manufacturing industry during the 1980s following the even moreseriousrecessionin 1980–81.
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The economy went into aseriousrecessionfor two years, but, since then, it has been steadily growing.
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Aseriousrecessionis spreading throughout our economy, bringing in its wake business failures and rising unemployment.
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We are moving into a period ofseriousrecessionin the demand for steel.
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I hope that we can reach agreement on the basic proposition that we are in the middle—or in the course—of aseriousrecession.
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That may reflect the business they do, although there has been aseriousrecessionin the property industry.
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This situation can be linked with theseriousrecessionthat faces this country and the world.
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The alternatives are a future clamp down to zero growth or a future that might even have some elements ofseriousrecessionin it.
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Already, as everyone knows, there is aseriousrecessionin the cotton industry.
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Nobody could complain that we have not had aseriousrecessionand a lot of unemployment.
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That is why we start this recession, perhaps the mostseriousrecessionsince the war, with 1·4 million unemployed.
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Everything rather points to the fact that we are to have aseriousrecessionin the near future.
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The statistics show that every four years the industry suffers fromseriousrecessionand short-time working becomes widespread, redundancies occur and there are mill closures.
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There is aseriousrecessionin the industry with the likelihood of serious cut-backs.
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At one time, it was thought that automation would lead to large-scale unemployment, but this now seems unlikely, unless there is aseriousrecession.
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