What is "downward" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does downward mean in English? Meaning of downward definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "downward" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "downward": extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

Adjective

  • Meaning: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
  • Example: the down staircase the downward course of the stream
  • Synonyms: down downward
  • Similar: descending
  • Meaning of "downward": spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

    Adverb

  • Meaning: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
  • Example: don't fall down rode the lift up and skied down prices plunged downward
  • Synonyms: down downward downwardly downwards
  • Antonyms: up upward upwardly upwards
  • Meaning of "downward": on or toward a surface regarded as a base

    Adjective

  • Meaning: on or toward a surface regarded as a base
  • Example: he lay face downward the downward pull of gravity
  • Synonyms: downward
  • Similar: down
  • Adjective: Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. His position in society moved ever downward. Drayton Their heads they downward bent. Shakespeare A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.Drayton Their heads they downward bent.Shakespeare A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.
  • Synonyms:

    descending, down, downwards,

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    downward in English: downward
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