low
- noun
- /loʊ/
- In-vessel operations ranged from a low of $30/ton to a high of $600/ton.
- record lows
- an all-time low
- a historic low
Like the highs are high, but the lows are just so low.
- Like the highs are high, but the lows are just so low.
- OK, Then beyond the high, beyond the low, there's a middle.
- We just made new lows today in the NASDAQ.
- That's a new a new low that I did not know I had.
- Do you go through procrastination and highs and lows on the journey, etcetera?
- So anyway, years later, I'm at the low and I'm writing guys stories.
Examples
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However, the funded ratio fell to a low of 51.2 percent in 2014.
Academic text (2017) -
Summated scores ranged from a low of 12 to a high of 33.
Academic text (2011) -
This is a new low, even for you.
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An all new low for you, Jack.
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This is a new low for subway service in this city, and that is saying something!
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This was one of the low points in Caesar's career.
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Well, this is a new low even for Cordelia.
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Today the stock market hit a new low due to the liquidation of Peregrine investments.
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Aerated static pile facilities went from a low of $26/ton to a high of $700/ton.
Academic text (1995) -
The national average hit an all-time low of 3.11 percent two weeks ago.
Synonyms
A very low point in life, money, or feelings
A lowest allowed level for a price or wage
The lowest point on a graph where the curve reaches its smallest value
A time when energy and success are low
The smallest amount or value that is allowed
The lowest or worst point in a situation
The lowest point something can reach
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
- Specialized
A radio frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz used for communication
A lower setting in a vehicle that gives more power and less speed for starting and climbing
- Offensive
Someone who has little factual knowledge and follows simple slogans rather than facts
- Specialized
Using a low amount of electricity to reduce the risk of electric shock
- Specialized
Radio waves below 3 kilohertz that scientists and the military use for long-distance communication and measurement
- Specialized
A range of very low radio waves used for communication over long distances, for example by submarines
- Specialized
A small particle in the blood that carries cholesterol and increases heart disease risk when levels are high
- Specialized
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
- Specialized
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- Specialized
An explosive that burns slowly and does not make a strong shock wave like black powder
A group of about eighty coral islands in French Polynesia that are part of the Tuamotu Islands
A low evergreen bush with glossy leaves and black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A group of German dialects spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands and Denmark
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Forms of Latin used after the ancient period, especially in the Middle Ages
A low-lying region in western Europe near the North Sea made up of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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A speech sound made with the tongue low in the mouth, like the 'a' in 'cat'
- Specialized
A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints
How Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
Low as a noun for a lowest point comes from the adjective meaning 'not high', so a company's new 'low' is the point where it is lowest. That's why we call the worst or bottom moment a 'low'.