Definitions for Lowering
ˈlaʊ ər ɪŋ, ˈlaʊər ɪŋlow·er·ing

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1. loweringnoun

   the act of causing to become less

2. lowering, letting downadjective

   the act of causing something to move to a lower level

3. heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective

   darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

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1. loweringnoun

   The act of something being lowered.

2. loweringadjective

   That lowers or frowns.

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1. lowering

   In phonology and phonetics, raising is a sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before. The opposite effect is known as lowering. Raising or lowering may be triggered by a nearby sound, when it is a form of assimilation, or it may occur on its own. In i-mutation, a front vowel is raised before /i/ or /j/, which is assimilation. In the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek and in Koine Greek, close-mid /eː oː/ were raised to /iː uː/. The change occurred in all cases and was not triggered by a nearby front consonant or vowel. Later, Ancient Greek /ɛː/ was raised to become Koine Greek [eː] and then [iː]. For more information, see Ancient Greek phonology § Vowel raising and fronting In Czech, the alveolar trill /r/ was raised before /i/ to become the raised alveolar trill /r̝/, spelled ⟨ř⟩ as in ⟨Dvořák⟩. That is a form of palatalization, and it also occurred in Polish in which it became a simple sibilant fricative /ʐ/ (spelled ⟨rz⟩ or ⟨ż⟩) around the 16th century. The pronunciation [r̝] in Polish is considered to be nonstandard and is used only by some older speakers. In Scottish Gaelic raising, compared with modern Irish for example cos, focal are raised to Scottish Gaelic cas, facal meaning respectively, 'foot' or 'leg' , and 'word'.

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1. lowering

   Lowering generally refers to the act of reducing or decreasing something in position, status, rank, quantity, value, intensity, or quality. Application of this term widely varies on different contexts such as lowering a flag, a temperature, or a price. It can also imply humility or reducing one's pride or arrogance.

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1. Lowering

   of Lower

2. Lowering

   of Lower

3. Loweringadjective

   dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky

Matched Categories

1. • Decrease

Anagrams for Lowering »

1. roweling

How to pronounce Lowering?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lowering in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lowering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Lowering in a Sentence

1. Deven McGraw:

   Encryption is one physical safeguard that can be very helpful to lowering cyber security risk.

2. Bernard Baumohl:

   The biggest folly is the belief that lowering interest rates by 25 or 50 bp will do anything to revive the economy, don't ask the Federal Reserve to bail out the economy, because they're not going to be able to do it this time.

3. Janet Yellen:

   Our trade representative has said that we would consider additional tariffs reductions, we want to see China meet their commitments they made under Phase 1, but stabilizing and perhaps eventually lowering some tariffs in a reciprocal way could be a desirable outcome.

4. Mayor Rahm Emanuel:

   After years of our academic gains, now is not the time to shortchange our children by eliminating evaluations for tens of thousands of employees or lowering teachers' performance standards.

5. Daisy Zamora:

   The gaps are whether the cholesterol-lowering effects of replacing saturated fats with liquid vegetable oils rich in linoleic acid actually translates to improved heart health and whether unintended consequences of relatively high intakes exist.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lowering
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lowering
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowering
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lowering