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Narrator: Today's word is "Recession" — noun, pronounced /rɪˈseʃn/, with the stress on "ce".
Narrator: A recession is a period when a country's economy shrinks, usually for two quarters or more in a row.
Narrator: In plain English, it is when business slows and jobs are lost.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin recessio, a going back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "slide into recession", which describes an economy starting to shrink.
Narrator: It differs from "depression", because a depression is a much longer and deeper collapse.
Narrator: In a second sense, recession can mean the act of moving back, as in the recession of floodwater.
Narrator: Economics, politics, banking and journalism all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a recession is the economy going backwards.
Speaker A: Why are so many shops closing?
Speaker B: It's the RECESSION! It comes from the Latin for going back.
Speaker A: People have less to spend?
Speaker B: And businesses cut costs.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The UK entered recession", a headline. "She lost her job in the recession", a personal story. "Economists fear a global recession", a forecast.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Say "in recession" or "in a recession", and spell it with double "s".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Downturn is its cousin, slump its twin, and depression an alternative — yet recession keeps its sombre charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "recession" in AI prompts — useful for finance apps and business planning.
Speaker A: How for finance apps?
Speaker B: Explain clearly.
Prompt: Explain what a recession means for a household budget in five plain sentences.
Speaker A: And business planning?
Speaker B: Prepare.
Prompt: Create a recession-readiness plan for a small café with fifteen staff.
Speaker A: Could it help data?
Speaker B: Yes, for charts.
Prompt: Plot UK GDP growth by quarter and shade the recession periods.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: News summaries.
Prompt: Summarise today’s recession headlines into a neutral three-point briefing.
Recession — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary