From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplummetplum‧met /ˈplʌmɪt/ (also plummet down) verb [intransitive] 1 LESSto suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount SYN plungeplummet from something to something Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million. House prices have plummeted down.► see thesaurus at decrease2 FALLto fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place SYN plunge The plane plummeted towards the Earth.→ See Verb table
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plummet• With a sudden drop-pounce, he plummets.• Beef sales, prices and consumer demand have plummeted.• The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.• Like a bulldozer plowing through snow, the plummeting granite sheet shoved air ahead of it.• And the price of big houses like that has really plummeted in the last year.• The rope snapped, causing the climber to plummet several hundred feet down the mountain.• Enrollment at the school has plummeted to 25 students.• But two years later, that figure has plummeted to 39 percent.• Sixty-five percent of women start off breastfeeding - but that figure plummets to 40 percent in the six weeks after delivery.• The helicopters slammed together before plummeting to the ground.• Two aircraft on a training flight collided and plummeted to the ground.• Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting, whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm.plummet from something to something• During treatment for his injuries and a variety of complications, Dole said his weight plummeted from 194 pounds to 122 pounds.• One of the biospherians plummeted from 208 to 156 pounds.From Longman Business Dictionaryplummetplum‧met /ˈplʌmɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to suddenly and quickly go down in value or amountSYNPLUNGEHouse prices have plummeted.The Nikkei index plummeted by 577.38 points yesterday.Its stock plummeted 19% after an investment analyst said the company has had trouble selling its Internet commerce technology. —plummet noun [countable]Reacting to Friday’s plummet, prices firmed up again as traders regained their optimism.→ See Verb tableOrigin plummet (1900-2000) plummet “metal weight on a plumb line” ((14-21 centuries)), from Old French plommet “small ball of lead”, from plomb; → PLUMB1 