āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
downward
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻā§, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
moving or situated toward a lower point or area in space
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She took a downward step into the basement.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϏāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻā§, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
facing or pointing toward a lower level or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The downward slope of the hill made hiking difficult.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻā§, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
showing a decline in a particular condition or measurement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stock market experienced a downward movement after the announcement.
āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏā§āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ āϧā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§
toward a lower level or position
Dialect
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the explosion, debris rained downward onto the street.
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻĢā§āϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻĒāϤāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
from a higher to a lower condition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her health declined downward after the surgery.
āĻ
āϏā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϏā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
used to indicate movement or influence that extends to lower levels or ranks within a hierarchy or structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The change in policy will impact all levels of staff, from the managers downward.
āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϏāĻāϞ āϏā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
downwardly
downward
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