nose-dive

(nōz′dīv′)

intr.v. nose-dived or nose-dove (-dōv′), nose-dived, nose-div·ing, nose-dives

To perform a nosedive.

nose′-div′er n.

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nose-dive

Past participle: nose-dived
Gerund: nose-diving

Imperative
nose-dive
nose-dive

Present
I nose-dive
you nose-dive
he/she/it nose-dives
we nose-dive
you nose-dive
they nose-dive

Preterite
I nose-dived
you nose-dived
he/she/it nose-dived
we nose-dived
you nose-dived
they nose-dived

Present Continuous
I am nose-diving
you are nose-diving
he/she/it is nose-diving
we are nose-diving
you are nose-diving
they are nose-diving

Present Perfect
I have nose-dived
you have nose-dived
he/she/it has nose-dived
we have nose-dived
you have nose-dived
they have nose-dived

Past Continuous
I was nose-diving
you were nose-diving
he/she/it was nose-diving
we were nose-diving
you were nose-diving
they were nose-diving

Past Perfect
I had nose-dived
you had nose-dived
he/she/it had nose-dived
we had nose-dived
you had nose-dived
they had nose-dived

Future
I will nose-dive
you will nose-dive
he/she/it will nose-dive
we will nose-dive
you will nose-dive
they will nose-dive

Future Perfect
I will have nose-dived
you will have nose-dived
he/she/it will have nose-dived
we will have nose-dived
you will have nose-dived
they will have nose-dived

Future Continuous
I will be nose-diving
you will be nose-diving
he/she/it will be nose-diving
we will be nose-diving
you will be nose-diving
they will be nose-diving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been nose-diving
you have been nose-diving
he/she/it has been nose-diving
we have been nose-diving
you have been nose-diving
they have been nose-diving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been nose-diving
you will have been nose-diving
he/she/it will have been nose-diving
we will have been nose-diving
you will have been nose-diving
they will have been nose-diving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been nose-diving
you had been nose-diving
he/she/it had been nose-diving
we had been nose-diving
you had been nose-diving
they had been nose-diving

Conditional
I would nose-dive
you would nose-dive
he/she/it would nose-dive
we would nose-dive
you would nose-dive
they would nose-dive

Past Conditional
I would have nose-dived
you would have nose-dived
he/she/it would have nose-dived
we would have nose-dived
you would have nose-dived
they would have nose-dived

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

nose-dive

verb

1. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:

drop, fall, go down, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble.

Idiom: take a fall.

2. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:

dive, drop, fall, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble.

Idiom: take a sudden downtrend.

Translations

nose-dive

[ˈnəʊzdaɪv]

A. N

1. (Aer) → picado m vertical

2. (fig) → caída f súbita
to take a nose-dive [profits, shares, sales, reputation] → caer en picado

B. VI

1. (Aer) → descender en picado

2. (fig) [profits, shares, sales, reputation] → caer en picado
the shares nose-dived 11p to 511p → las acciones cayeron 11 peniques de golpe y pasaron a cotizar 511 peniques

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nose-dive

[ˈnəʊzˌdaɪv]

1. n (Aer) → picchiata (fig) → calo vertiginoso

2. vi (see n) → scendere in picchiata; (XXX) → calare vertiginosamente