Converse of subject

• hit: In common with many large organizations, Royal Mail has seen its pension fund hit by the downturn in the stock market.

• affect: London has also been badly affected by the downturn, the index shows.

Converse of object

• suffer: Retail has suffered a downturn in recent years, with some big names falling to the wayside.

• survive: And because we'd kept our costs down, we survived the downturn in sales.

• reflect: These results reflect a further downturn in DIY spending.

• expect: There is no reason to only expect a short sharp downturn.

• weather: They have helped us weather the economic downturn better than any other leading industrialized nation.

Noun used with modifier

• advertising: Being handed the CEO job at the world's largest media company during an unprecedented advertising downturn might appear to be a poisoned chalice.

• quarter: The fourth quarter downturn in 2001 adversely affected the spring order book and consequently our expectations for the first half of the year.

Adjective modifier

• cyclical: On some estimates, bank capital requirements could as much as double during a cyclical downturn.

• economic: The greatest threat is an economic downturn in any industry sector where we operate.

• economical: Add rising unemployment and economical downturn in to the mix, and things get very interesting.

• sharp: Then came a sharp downturn in England's chief export - wool.

• sudden: Q: There's been a sudden downturn in my business.

• prolonged: A prolonged downturn in sales is to blame for the reduced working hours at the Banner Lane factory.

Preposition: in

• fortune: There may be a downturn in the fortunes of the church in parallel with the king!

• economy: Any downturn in the economy will expose a massive skills gap in the UK workforce.

• spending: These results reflect a further downturn in DIY spending.

• revenue: A 44 percent downturn in revenue in the first quarter forced Epiphany to join the throng of software companies issuing profit warnings.

• market: The most recent data, however, show a slight downturn in the labor market.