downward
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- adjective
- /ˈdaʊnˌwɜrd/
- Basically, the entire restaurant was going through quite a downward spiral.
- downward trend
- downward spiral
- downward pressure
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Watch on YouTubeThat could actually put downward pressure on commodities.
- That could actually put downward pressure on commodities.
- So it's really it looks like a like a downward trend for most players.
- This one has a pretty strict downward growth habit.
- And just it was a downward spiral of epic proportions.
- And as things stand, there's no reason for this downward slide to stop.
- And so they get downward social comparison.
- Yeah, Recently, people have started studying the downward trend of violence and aggression.
- OK, so how does that downward adjustment work?
- You cannot downward dog away narcissistic abuse.
- Or you know, you can choose to the downward path to debauchery and mere pleasure.
- It ends up that it's not a downward trajectory, a steady kind of a fall.
- And so then it becomes a strange sort of downward spiral.
- And that sends us into a spiral, A downward spiral.
- When there's not enough demand, you see spare capacity, which puts downward pressure on inflation.
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But nevertheless the trend, the downward trend is very clear.
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And that should bring downward pressure on these housing prices.
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So it's really it looks like a like a downward trend for most players.
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OK, so how does that downward adjustment work?
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And that downward slide began after my sister's death.
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Only by the grace of faith could the downward trend be reversed, and good works follow.
Academic text (1990) -
That could actually put downward pressure on commodities.
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And as things stand, there's no reason for this downward slide to stop.
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After session 41, however, an immediate decrease in level and a rapid downward trend were evident.
Academic text (2013) -
The stock market showed a downward trend last quarter, indicating potential losses.
Synonyms
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At a lower level or amount than before
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Becoming lower in amount or value
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Towards the bottom of a hill or slope
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Moving down from a higher to a lower position
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Toward a lower place, level, or position
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Going down at a noticeable angle
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Facing down and often showing sadness
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In a direction from a higher level to a lower level
Moving down toward a lower place or depth
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Surface Forms
Morphology
downward = (transparent) = down + ward
The adjective is formed by adding the productive directional suffix '-ward' to 'down', yielding an adjective meaning 'directed toward a lower position'. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Downward comes from down ('lower') plus -ward ('toward'), just like forward or backward, and it names a direction or a trend. So we call a fall in prices or a look that points down a downward trend or a downward glance.