downhill
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- noun
- /ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/
- Specialized
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descenso
- We are just a few moments now, ladies and gentlemen, from the start of the downhill.
So I'm on her, and I let her feel that she's won that downhill.
- So I'm on her, and I let her feel that she's won that downhill.
Examples
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I won the gold medal in downhill skiing.
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And now for the rules of the international Chinese downhill...
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But the Chinese downhill will decide everything.
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Speaking of the 2010 Olympics, Vonn's victory in the downhill was the performance of the games for me.
Blog text (2) -
Eight years ago, she was captain of the nationally ranked St. Regis University downhill ski team, only a sophomore and already a star.
Fiction book (2000) -
Brittany Clawson took the win in the women's downhill by more than 11 seconds.
Blog text (5) -
The Huntsman Cup was the final international downhill ski qualifying event for the 2002 Paralympic Games held in the United States.
Academic text (2006) -
The Skyhawks continued their winning streak into Saturday afternoon with the men's and women's downhill races.
Blog text (5) -
In addition to his interest in photography, Sharp Todd is an avid downhill skier and racquetball player.
Academic text (2010) -
Athletes from around the world gathered to compete in the downhill, racing to the finish line as quickly as possible.
Synonyms
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7.0
A downhill race where skiers go between poles in a zigzag
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A competition where people ski on snow to be first
A competition where people ski down a slope to be fastest
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Morphology
Etymology
The ski meaning of downhill comes from down ('toward a lower place') and hill, so the downhill is the fast race where skiers go down a slope to the bottom.