WRITING
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Direction
Verbs
Nouns
Rose (to)
Increased (to)
Went up (to)
Climbed (to)
Boomed
A rise
An increase
Growth
An upward trend
A boom (a dramatic rise)
Fell (to)
Declined (to)
Decreased (to)
Dipped (to)
Dropped (to)
Went down (to)
Slumped (to)
Reduced (to)
A decrease
A decline
A fall
A drop
A slump (a dramatic fall)
A reduction
Levelled out (at)
A levelling out
Did not change
No change
Remained stable (at)
Remained steady (at)
Stayed constant (at)
Maintained the same
level
Fluctuated (around) A fluctuation
Peaked (at)
Reached a peak (of)
Plateaued (at)
Stood at
Reached at plateau
(at)
DEGREE OF CHANGE
Adjectives
dramatic
sharp
huge
enormous
steep
substantial
considerable
significant
marked
moderate
slight
minimal
Adverbs
dramatically
sharply
enormously
steeply
substantially
considerably
significantly
markedly
moderately
slightly
minimally
SPEED OF CHANGE
Adjectives
rapid
quick
swift
sudden
steady
gradual
slow
Adverbs
rapidly
quickly
swiftly
suddenly
steadily
gradually
slowly