adj
Meaning 1
Downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
downwards
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnwədz/
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US: /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/
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CMU ARPABET: D AW1 N W ER0 D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Gravity pulls everything downwards.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- don't fall down
- rode the lift up and skied down
- prices plunged downward
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: down, downward, downwardly
Antonyms: upwards
History
Etymology
From down + -wards.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: benedenwaarts — towards a lower place
- Faroese: oman — towards a lower place
- Faroese: omaneftir — towards a lower place
- Faroese: niður — towards a lower place
- Faroese: niðureftir — towards a lower place
- Finnish: alas — towards a lower place
- Finnish: alaspäin — towards a lower place
- German: abwärts — towards a lower place
- German: nach unten — towards a lower place
- German: hinab — towards a lower place
- German: herab — towards a lower place
- German: hinunter — towards a lower place
- German: herunter — towards a lower place
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 (dalaþ) — towards a lower place
- Ancient Greek: κάτω (kátō) — towards a lower place
- Hebrew: מַטָּה (matá) — towards a lower place
- Hebrew: לְמַטָּה (l'matá) — towards a lower place
- Hebrew: כְּלַפֵּי־מַטָּה (klapei matá) — towards a lower place
- Hungarian: lefelé — towards a lower place
- Central Kurdish: بەرەونزم (berewnizm) — towards a lower place
- Central Kurdish: بەرەوخوار (berewixwar) — towards a lower place
- Latin: deorsum — towards a lower place
- Old English: niþer — towards a lower place
- Plautdietsch: rauf — towards a lower place
- Russian: вниз (vniz) — towards a lower place
- Slovene: dôl — towards a lower place
- Spanish: hacia abajo — towards a lower place
- Swedish: nedåt — towards a lower place
- Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — towards a lower place
- Finnish: alaspäin — to a lower figure or amount
- Central Kurdish: بەرەونزم (berewnizm) — to a lower figure or amount
- Spanish: para abajo — to a lower figure or amount
- Spanish: a la baja — to a lower figure or amount
Real reading context