Downwards definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If you move or look downwards, you move or look towards the ground or a lower level. He pointed downwards again with his stick. American English: downward / ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'downwards'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× downwards (daʊnwəʳdz )alsodownward 1. adverb[ADVERBafterverb] Ifyoumoveorlookdownwards,youmoveorlooktowardsthegroundoralowerlevel. Benedictpointeddownwardsagainwithhisstick. Shegazeddownwards. 2. adverb[ADVERBafterverb] Ifanamountorratemovesdownwards,itdecreases. Inflationismovingfirmlydownwards. 3. adverb[fromnADV] Ifyouwanttoemphasizethatastatementappliestoeveryoneinanorganization,youcansaythatitappliesfromitsleaderdownwards. [emphasis]...fromthePrimeMinisterdownwards. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'downwards' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'wildlife' HindiTranslationof'downwards' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency downwardsinBritishEnglish (ˈdaʊnwədz )ordownward adverb1. fromahighertoalowerplace,level,etc 2. fromanearliertimeorsourcetoalater fromtheTudorsdownwards CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Examplesof'downwards'inasentence downwards Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Mostnowexpectthenextmovetobedownwards.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Fewthinkoilpriceswilllurchdownwardsagain.Times,SundayTimes(2015)Helaywithhisfacedownwards.ElizabethGaskellNorthandSouth(1855)Competitionistough,energycostsarehighandthetrendforpricesisfirmlydownwards.Times,SundayTimes(2006)Hehasmoveddownwardssocially.Times,SundayTimes(2010)ThiscausedpoliticalchaosfromthePrimeMinisterdownwards.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Therewasasecondwhenwewereinatight,enforcedembrace,thentheliftmovedsmoothlydownwardsandwesprangapart.Times,SundayTimes(2012)ButthenIsawtheleftsideofherfacesuddenlyslidedownwards-likeitwasmadeofwaxandmelting.TheSun(2011) Trendsof downwards Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages downwards BritishEnglish:downwards ADVERB/ˈdaʊnwədz/Ifyoumoveorlookdownwards,youmoveorlooktowardsthegroundoralowerlevel.Hepointeddownwardsagainwithhisstick.AmericanEnglish:downward /ˈdaʊnwərd/BrazilianPortuguese:parabaixo Chinese:向下地EuropeanSpanish:haciaabajo French:verslebas German:nachunten Italian:ingiù Japanese:下方へKorean:아래쪽으로EuropeanPortuguese:parabaixo LatinAmericanSpanish:haciaabajo Thai:ลงล่าง,ลาดลง,ต่ำลง Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically downwards downwardtrend downwardturn downwardlymobile downwards downwash downwelling downwind AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'D' Source DefinitionofdownwardsfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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