downward curve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdownwardandcurve
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downward
adjective
uk/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk/kɜːv/us/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If the raw material of this trade is to be taxed, that upward curve will become adownwardcurve.
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Looking at the graph of the number of adult smokers, one can see that thedownwardcurve, seen since 1972, was reversed in 1996.
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However, there has been adownwardcurvejust lately.
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The upward curve of new output and thedownwardcurveof losses are steadily working towards one another.
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Profits, although apparently inflated recently by inflation itself, are now probably on adownwardcurve.
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On the graph, the line is extremely sharp in itsdownwardcurve.
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Although that is nowhere near the end of the line, in design terms it is already beginning to be on thedownwardcurve.
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We are quite clear that our purpose in the commission is to ensure that that activity continues on its currentdownwardcurve.
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I hold in my hand a graph which sets out the unemployment percentages, showing thedownwardcurveof vacancies, in this part of the country.
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Far from there being an upward curve, there has in real terms been adownwardcurve.
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There is an upward and adownwardcurvein most things, and sooner or later the rainfall curve comes back to the normal.
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Not only are we in deficit, but we are, in fact, facing a deficit that is accelerating on adownwardcurve.
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The upward curve is almost as steep as thedownwardcurveof production.
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But as soon as a child leaves the welfare centre its health shows adownwardcurve.
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Applications for finance for training workers in new and expanding industries—a fair indication of what is happening—took adownwardcurve.
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Production is still on thedownwardcurveof the beef cycle, but trends in the cattle breeding herd suggest that production should begin to increase in 1978.
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The nation has, in fact, risen in the scale of civilisation, and these causes have had an effect in contributing to adownwardcurvein the statistics of crime.
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Its bill is black and mostly straight with only a slightdownwardcurveand measures from 1.8to2.5cm in.
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In friendship, power always has itsdownwardcurve.
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The lower jaw was long and straight, lacking thedownwardcurveseen in other hadrosaurids, and possessing a heavy ridge running its length.
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