how to pronounce downturn

/ˈdaʊn.tɜːn/

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downturn is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of downturn in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in case there's a downturn in the market …”

meanings of downturn

verb:

To turn downwards.
To decline.

noun:

A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.

downturn frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word downturn occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics downturn can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that downturn can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;