downward
down
ˈdaʊn
dawn
ward
wɔrd
vawrd
/ˈdaʊnwəd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "downward"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

moving or situated toward a lower point or area in space
downward definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She took a downward step into the basement.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

facing or pointing toward a lower level or position
downward definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The downward slope of the hill made hiking difficult.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

showing a decline in a particular condition or measurement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stock market experienced a downward movement after the announcement.
āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻ…āϧ⧋āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€

toward a lower level or position
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downward definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the explosion, debris rained downward onto the street.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻĒāϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

from a higher to a lower condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her health declined downward after the surgery.
āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

used to indicate movement or influence that extends to lower levels or ranks within a hierarchy or structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The change in policy will impact all levels of staff, from the managers downward.
āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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