comedown

1 of 2

noun

come·​down ˈkəm-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce comedown (audio)
: a descent in rank or dignity

come down

2 of 2

verb

came down; come down; coming down; comes down

intransitive verb

1
: to lose or fall in estate or condition
has come down in the world
2
a
: to pass by tradition
a story that has come down from medieval times
b
: to pass from a usually high source
word came down that the strike was over
3
: to place oneself in opposition
came down hard on gambling
4
a
: to deal with a subject directly
when you come down to it, we all depend on others
b
: to reduce itself : amount
it comes down to this
5
: to become ill
came down with measles
6
7
: go on, happen
what's coming down

Examples of comedown in a Sentence

Noun For a man who was once a very popular actor, working in a nightclub is quite a comedown. after a rapid rise to stardom, the rock band's comedown was just as quick Verb let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There’s an irreconcilable gap between the singer during performance and her at home being chased by an angry husband or lovingly tending to her children or drinking the ache of comedown from her tour away. Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023 In a massive comedown for a Bolts team that two Sundays earlier had won the AFC championship at Pittsburgh in an upset, Super Bowl XXIX served as a coronation for a Niners franchise that became the first to win five Lombardi Trophies. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024 Technology firms are still feeling a comedown from the sector’s 2021 boom, when the companies were hiring left and right. Laura Bratton and Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2024 As note above, the post-holiday break comedown is impossible to deny…as are all those post-holiday-shopping credit card statements. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024 That makes a comedown for the U.S. economy seem less likely. Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023 There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns. Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023 The set’s exhilarating energy is matched by Barker’s unusually smooth mixing and unerring sense of pace; the lush finale makes for the perfect gentle comedown, and a return to Barker’s typically harmonic wheelhouse. Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023 The pact marks a victory for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and a humbling comedown for Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, which had been growing in size and recognition before a clash between the two men set off a series of events that shook investor confidence in the latter's firm. Heard Editors, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
Verb
By contrast, in the past couple of years, the homicide rate has come down even as border activity has increased. Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024 Mark Goldman, a San Diego loan officer and real estate analyst, said a foreclosure in this market typically comes down to inaction by an owner. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024 Leakage protection will come down to factors like the shape of the diaper’s front and back, flexibility and security around the leg openings, adhesives, and where the absorbent materials are located. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024 The finals: The recent tournament came down to four people: Ripka, Swieskowski, Bortolami and the architect Koray Duman, 46, one of the few men in attendance, who grew up playing backgammon in his native Turkey. Julia Halperin, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 Ninety-eight people died when the Champlain Towers South condominium came down in Surfside. Greg Allen, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024 Thus far, Washington hasn’t come down hard in pressuring Mexico to follow the U.S. on China trade and investments. Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 The late Joe Gilchrist bought it in 1978 and transformed it into a live-music venue, recruiting country artists on the rodeo circuit to come down and play. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024 As rates come down and valuation gaps narrow, financial sponsors will likely reenter the market, eager to monetize their investments, return capital to limited partners and raise new funds. Marc Cooper, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1840, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of comedown was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Comedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedown. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

comedown

1 of 2 noun
come·​down ˈkəm-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce comedown (audio)
: a falling in status, position, or reputation

come down

2 of 2 verb
(ˌ)kəm-ˈdau̇n
: to fall sick
came down with the flu

Legal Definition

come down

intransitive verb
came down; coming down
: to be announced
the decision came down from the Supreme Court
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