Betekenis van nosedive In het Nederlands

• 0 a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down:

  • The plane roared overhead and went into a nosedive.

  • There was alarm in the markets when the dollar took a nosedive.

• 1 to suddenly fall to the ground with the front pointing down:

  • Spectators in the crowd watched in horror as the plane nosedived.

  • House prices nosedived without warning.

• 2 (esp. of an aircraft) a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down:

  • fig. Stock prices took a nosedive (= a sudden fall in value).

• 3 a sudden fast fall in price, value, etc.:

  • Most analysts view the stock's recent nosedive as investor overreaction.

  • Shares on Wall Street took a nosedive last night.

• 4 to suddenly fall in value, quickly and by a large amount:

  • Market prices continue to nosedive this week.