Drawdown Meaning
/drˈɔˌdaʊn/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
nounThe act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization)., The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
Sentence Examples
The drawdown of troops began slowly.
The water level experienced a rapid drawdown.
The lake experienced a significant drawdown of water during summer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The military ordered a full ____ of troops from the conflict zone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of troops began slowly.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English draw downdeverb. English drawdown Deverbal from draw down.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This imbalance causes the buildup of inventories during the summer months when consumption is low and the drawdown of inventories during the winter months when consumption is much higher."
— 2011, Kenneth D. Lawrence, Ronald K. Klimberg, Advances in Business and Management Forecasting, page 32:
"In order to stem the drawdown of gold reserves, the new economic minister quickly arranged US$ 260 million in "swaps" from friendly Latin American central banks"
— 2019, Miguel S. Wionczek, Luciano Tomassini, Politics And Economics Of External Debt Crisis, page 403:
"Despite brief hopes of a respite in tensions after Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Tuesday that there would be a “partial” drawdown of forces, some Nato countries remained sceptical about how many of the roughly 130,000 troops had really been withdrawn."
— 2022 February 17, Aubrey Allegretti, Julian Borger, Daniel Boffey, “Russian claim of Ukraine drawdown is disinformation, says UK minister”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"The presidential drawdown authority, a US foreign policy tool, allows for the speedy delivery of DoD stocks to foreign countries in crisis."
— 2023 December 27, “US to provide Ukraine with up to $250m in arms and equipment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"From June to October 1992, an intensive reconnaissance survey of cultural resources exposed by a drawdown in lake elevation was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"
— 1995, John H. Dendy, Intensive Archeological Reconnaissance Survey of Newly Exposed Shoreline Resulting from the Drawdown of Harlan County Lake, Harlan County, Nebraska:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The military ordered a full ____ of troops from the conflict zone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of troops began slowly.