1 (Economics) recesión; (f) unemployment rose sharply because of the economic recession the recession caused sales to drop off
to be in recession estar en recesión retroceso;or
British industry is deep in recession the economy is in recession to go into/come out of recession a belief that the world economy generally was coming out of recession we are not out of recession yet if Congress fails to agree a budget, the deficit would be unrestrained and the country would go into recession the oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession we should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession
2 (formal) (receding) retroceso; (m) recession of the gums is the most common factor in exposing dentine the small intervals of depth in the recession of doors and windows
