downwards

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English

Adverb

downwards (comparative more downwards, superlative most downwards)

Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Gravity pulls everything downwards.
To a lower figure or amount.
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.
After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards

Synonyms

down, downward

Antonyms

upwards

Translations

towards a lower place

Dutch: benedenwaarts (nl)
Finnish: alas (fi), alaspäin
Hungarian: lefelé (hu)
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Kurdish:
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Slovene: dôl (sl)
Swedish: nedåt (sv)

to a lower figure or amount

Kurdish:
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Anagrams

drawdowns

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