verb / noun · neutral
dip
/dɪp/DIP
task1
a small or temporary decrease
Examples
“Profits dipped slightly in June but recovered in July.”
“There was a dip in temperatures during the night.”
“The line shows a small dip around March.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a period of stability, there was a slight dip in enrollments in 2016, followed by recovery.”
Collocations
- dip slightly / dip by
- a slight dip in
Word family
dip verbdip noundipped verb (past)
Common mistakes
dip down→dip
a little diped→a small dip / dipped slightly
Say it for a higher band
5fall→6drop slightly→7+dip
Synonyms
drop slightly
fall a little
Easily confused
drop
“Sales dropped by 5% last quarter.”
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