What is "downhill" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What is "downhill" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "downhill": the downward slope of a hill

Noun

  • Meaning: the downward slope of a hill
  • Synonyms: downhill
  • Hypernyms: declension declination decline declivity descent downslope fall
  • Meaning of "downhill": sloping down rather steeply

    Adjective

  • Meaning: sloping down rather steeply
  • Synonyms: declivitous downhill downward-sloping
  • Similar: descending
  • Meaning of "downhill": toward a lower or inferior state

    Adverb

  • Meaning: toward a lower or inferior state
  • Example: your performance has been going downhill for a long time now
  • Synonyms: downhill
  • Meaning of "downhill": a ski race down a trail

    Noun

  • Meaning: a ski race down a trail
  • Synonyms: downhill
  • Hypernyms: ski race skiing race
  • Meaning of "downhill": toward the bottom of a hill

    Adverb

  • Meaning: toward the bottom of a hill
  • Example: running downhill, he gained a lot of speed
  • Synonyms: downhill
  • Adjective: Down a slope Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there
  • Synonyms:

    falling, declining, dipping, dropping, sloping downward,

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    downhill in English: downhill
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