Definition of plummet
: plumb;
also
: plumb line
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As a result, multi-year grants that CEOs only get access to over time can bulk up the size of a CEO's pay package one year, only to see the number plummet — albeit still to relatively high numbers — the following year.
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Bowers then watched his draft stock plummet (not for the same reasons as Key), falling outside the top 50.
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This helps explain why cold rates leap in the fall when the temperature plummets.
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When there’s even a hint that your race can help or hurt your chances of success, support for affirmative action plummets.
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She was forced to skip last year’s tournament following surgery on her left foot, didn’t play for 11 months and saw her ranking plummet to No.
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Little wonder that states that passed tough weapon storage laws saw their unintentional gun death rates for children under 15 plummet.
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As the government prints more bolivars, their value plummets; the government recently released a 100,000-bolivar note, currently worth less than 50 US cents at the black-market rate.
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The goal is the survival of the local taxi industry, which has seen demand plummet because of Uber and Lyft.
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Origin and Etymology of plummet
Middle English plomet, from Anglo-French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight — more at plumb
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Definition of plummet
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: to fall perpendicularly
- birds plummeted down
2
: to drop sharply and abruptly
- prices plummeted
Examples of plummet in a Sentence
The acrobat plummeted into the net.
The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
Recent Examples of plummet from the Web
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Facebook has seen its market value plummet in recent weeks.
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This paper is a smack-talk response to my pointing out that polar bear numbers did not plummet as predicted when mid-century-like sea ice conditions arrived unexpectedly in 2007.
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With the new fences and technology, migrant crossings did plummet in San Diego; instead, more people risked crossing in the deserts of Arizona.
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Targeted Facebook buys, AdWords, and the ability to reach customers for free on social media have lowered the rates for digital ads so much that even in a time when traffic for local papers is rising, ad revenue is plummeting.
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During that downturn, many apartment complex owners in Houston saw occupancy numbers plummet as the energy industry struggled.
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Banks typically help companies establish a price range where a stock will debut to ensure that its value doesn’t plummet on day one.
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The result, business owners said, is that the vacancy rate in the area has plummeted to 2 percent and rents have doubled.
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Since China’s ban was announced, the price for raw ivory has plummeted by 65 percent as ivory smuggling became increasingly difficult, May reports.
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First Known Use of plummet
1845
plummet Synonyms
Synonyms
crash, decline, descend, dip, dive, drop, fall, lower, nose-dive, plunge, sink, skid, tumble;
Near Antonyms
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax;
Related Words
abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane;
PLUMMET Defined for English Language Learners
plummet
Definition of plummet for English Language Learners
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: to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place
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: to fall or drop suddenly in amount, value, etc.
PLUMMET Defined for Kids
Definition of plummet for Students
plummeted;
plummeting
: to fall straight down
- The satellite plummeted toward the ocean.
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