THE FOUR BASIC TRENDS
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1.
INDICATING UPWARD MOVEMENT
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(to) increase |
(to) increase |
(an) increase |
(to) raise |
(to) rise (rose, risen) |
(a) raise (US), a rise (UK) |
(to) push/put/step up |
(to) go/be up |
(an) upswing |
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(to) grow |
(a) growth |
(to) extend, (to) expand |
(to) extend, (to) expand |
(an) extension, expansion |
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(to) progress |
(a) progression |
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(to) boom/soar/climb |
(a) boom |
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(to) jump, (to) skyrocket |
(a) jump |
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(to) reach a peak, (to) peak |
(a) peak |
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(to) reach an all-time high |
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2.
INDICATING DOWNWARD MOVEMENT
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(to) decrease |
(to) decrease |
(a) decrease |
(to) cut, (to) reduce |
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(a) cut, (a) reduction |
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(to) fall (off) (fall, fell, fallen) |
(a) fall |
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(to) plunge, to plummet |
(a) plunge |
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(to) drop (off) |
(a) drop |
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(to) go down |
(a) downswing |
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(to) decline |
(a) decline |
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(to) collapse |
(a) collapse (dramatic fall) |
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(to) slump, (to) go bust |
(a) slump |
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(to) bottom out |
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3.INDICATING
NO MOVEMENT
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(to) keep ... stable |
(to) remain stable |
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(to) hold ... constant |
(to) stay constant |
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(to) stabilize |
(to) stabilize |
stability |
4.INDICATING
CHANGE OF DIRECTION
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Verbs |
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(to) level off |
(to) level off/out, to flatten out |
(a) levelling-off |
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(to) stop falling/rising |
(a) change |
(to) stand at |
(to) remain steady |
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(to) stop falling and start rising |
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(to) stop rising and start falling |
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