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Cosa (chi) è plunge - definizione
CITY IN LITHUANIA
Plungiany; Plungė City eldership; Plungian; History of Plungė
![St. Florian]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PlungeFlorijonas.jpg?width=200 "St. Florian]]")
![Church of St. John the Baptist]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BZN Plunge church front sideview left 1.jpg?width=200 "Church of St. John the Baptist]]")
![Plungė Public Library]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plungė biblioteka.jpg?width=200 "Plungė Public Library]]")
plunge
¦ verb
1. fall or move suddenly and uncontrollably.
jump or dive quickly and energetically.
(often plunge in) embark impetuously on a speech or course of action.
2. push or thrust quickly.
(plunge someone/thing into) suddenly bring someone or something into a specified condition or state.
¦ noun an act of plunging.
Phrases
take the plunge informal commit oneself to a bold course of action after consideration.
Origin
ME: from OFr. plungier 'thrust down', based on L. plumbum 'lead, plummet'.
plunge
(plunges, plunging, plunged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something or someone plunges in a particular direction, especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction.
At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river...
VERB: V prep/adv
•
Plunge is also a noun.
...a plunge into cold water.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If you plunge an object into something, you push it quickly or violently into it.
A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body...
I plunged in my knife and fork.
VERB: V n into n, V n with in
3.
If a person or thing is plunged into a particular state or situation, or if they plunge into it, they are suddenly in that state or situation.
The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos...
Eddy finds himself plunged into a world of brutal violence...
The economy is plunging into recession.
VERB: V n into n, V-ed, V into n
•
Plunge is also a noun.
That peace often looked like a brief truce before the next plunge into war.
N-COUNT: usu sing, N into n
4.
If you plunge into an activity or are plunged into it, you suddenly get very involved in it.
The two men plunged into discussion...
The prince should be plunged into work...
Take the opportunity to plunge yourself into your career.
VERB: V into n, be V-ed into n, V pron-refl into n
•
Plunge is also a noun.
His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise.
N-COUNT: usu sing, N into n
5.
If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.
His weight began to plunge...
The Pound plunged to a new low on the foreign exchange markets yesterday...
Shares have plunged from ?17 to ?7.55...
The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent...
Its net profits plunged 73% last year.
= plummet
VERB: V, V to n, V from/to amount, V by amount, V amount
•
Plunge is also a noun.
Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge.
N-COUNT
6.
see also plunging
7.
If you take the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky.
If you have been thinking about buying shares, now could be the time to take the plunge.
PHRASE: V inflects
plunge
I
n.
risk
(colloq.) to take the plunge
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to throw oneself') to plunge from; to (to plunge to one's death from a cliff)
2) (d; intr.) ('to dive'); ('to rush') to plunge into (to plunge into the water; to plunge into war)
3) (d; tr.) ('to throw'); ('to thrust') to plunge into (the room was plungeed into darkness; to plunge a dagger into smb.'s heart)
Wikipedia
Plungė
Plungė (pronunciation ; Samogitian: Plongė) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, Samogitian Art Museum. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak a natural monument. The Lourdes of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors to this day. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys.
It has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per plunge
1. Other seniors are reluctant to take the plunge, however.
2. Why this reluctance to take the political plunge?
3. Now, apparently, Mega is ready to take the plunge.
4. Immense shovels plunge into the ground, wresting out massive chunks.
5. Millions more have seen their home values plunge.