slide
verb [ I ]
uk/slaɪd/ usslid | slid ECONOMICS, FINANCE
to become worse, lower, or less in value, especially gradually:
Economists predict that house prices will continue to slide in most areas.
Manufacturing employment has slid for seven months in Minnesota.
slide (from sth) to sth The nation's unemployment rate slid to less than 5% last month.
slide into sth The economy was sliding into deep crisis.
Returns from Government bonds also slid sharply from 6.3% last year to 4.5% this year.
slide
noun [ C ]
uk/slaɪd/ us ECONOMICS, FINANCE
the process of becoming worse, lower, or less:
Several ministers expressed their worry at the euro's slide.
a slide in sth The last few months have seen a sharp slide in voter confidence.
a slide of sth The corporation's shares ended the day at 509p, a slide of 13p.
a downward/sharp/steady slide
halt/stop/reverse a slide The French central bank yesterday succeeded in reversing the slide in the franc.
MARKETING
one of a series of computer screens of information shown in a presentation:
The final slide showed two graphs.