comedown

noun

come·down | \ ˈkəm-ˌdau̇n

Definition of comedown

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a descent in rank or dignity

come down

verb

came down; come down; coming down; comes down

Definition of come down (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : to lose or fall in estate or condition has come down in the world

2a : 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

4a : 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 : come out sense 2

7 : go on, happen what's coming down

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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

The surrounding talent in Oakland is even more of a comedown. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "Season of the Switch: How Will Top Fantasy Stars Fare With Their New Teams?," 1 July 2019 Infrastructure investment was just 1.6% higher in May than a year earlier, a big comedown from the previous double-digit norm. — The Economist, "As growth slows, the spectre of local-government debt looms once more," 22 June 2019 Or maybe he was just embroiled in a particular brutal comedown. — SI.com, "Diego Maradona Film Review: A Story of Humanity, Deity, Icarus & Football," 12 June 2019 The coffee business looks fine right now, but the eventual comedown may be brutal. — Aaron Back, WSJ, "Why the Coffee Business Will Get Cold," 28 Dec. 2018 The effects lasted maybe an hour or so, with no comedown and no hangover. — Corey Seymour, Vogue, "I Tried Kin, the New Non-Alcoholic Drink That Promises to Cut Stress and Produce Bliss," 5 Dec. 2018 What the Vatican considered a stunning comedown, many American Catholics saw as a soft landing. — James Martin, WSJ, "The Missing Link in Sex-Abuse Reform," 20 May 2018 In the end there was nothing but the comedown from an evening of Rih. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "At Savage X Fenty’s Runway Show, All Women Are Goddesses," 13 Sep. 2018 That is a sharp comedown from expectations earlier this year of a $100 billion valuation and is also less the $65 billion to $85 billion that several brokerage analysts had estimated Xiaomi to be worth. — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, "Xiaomi Prices Hong Kong IPO at Bottom of Target Range," 29 June 2018

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