Definitions for Downwards
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. down, downwards, downward, downwardlyadverb

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. downwardsadverb

   Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

   Gravity pulls everything downwards.

2. downwardsadverb

   To a lower figure or amount.

3. downwardsadverb

   Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.

   After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Downward, Downwardsadverb

   Etymology: duneweard, Saxon.

   1. Towards the center.

   As you lift up the glasses the drop will ascend slower and slower, and at length rest, being carried downward by its weight, as much as upwards by the attraction. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   2. From a higher situation to a lower.

   Look downward on that globe, whose hither sides,
   With light from hence, shines. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.

   Hills are ornamental to the earth, affording pleasant prospects to them that look downwards from them upon the subjacent countries. John Ray, on the Creation.

   What would this man? Now upward will he soar,
   And little less than angel, would be more:
   Now looking downwards, just as griev’d, appears
   To want the strength of bulls, the fur of bears. Alexander Pope.

   3. In a course of successive or lineal descent.

   A ring the count does wear,
   That downward hath succeeded in his house,
   From son to son, some four or five descents. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. downwards

   Downwards Records is a record label founded by the techno DJs and producers Regis and Female in Birmingham, England in 1993. The label was initially established to release the set of tracks that fellow Birmingham DJ and producer Surgeon had recorded in the small studio that ex-Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris had built in his downstairs toilet.Although most closely associated with techno's Birmingham sound, which it pioneered, the label has released a wide range of music, from garage rock and shoegaze to industrial music and electronica.

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1. downwards

   Downwards refers to a direction or movement that goes from a higher position to a lower one. It can refer to a physical or metaphorical movement toward the bottom or a lower position, often indicating a decline or decrease in something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Downwardsadverb

   from a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards

2. Downwardsadverb

   from a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin

3. Downwardsadverb

   from a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line

4. Etymology: [AS. adnweard. See Down, adv., and -ward.]

Anagrams for Downwards »

1. drawdowns

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Downwards in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Downwards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Downwards in a Sentence

1. Alvin Tan:

   We’ll get supportive statements on the growth outlook remaining decent and ... we’ll hear that policy options are still available if growth were to take a much more significant dip downwards, but despite the likely positive rhetoric, it’s going to be rhetoric. We just don’t see any substantive co-ordinated measures coming out of the G20.

2. Lucas Tambellini:

   Even as analysts revised their earnings views downwards across the board, fourth-quarter numbers came in at way worse than everyone expected.

3. Valdis Dombrovskis:

   It's very clear that in current times of economic growth Italy needs to put its debt on a downwards trajectory.

4. Anand Menon:

   If there is no-deal then there is a real danger of both sides spiraling downwards and blaming one another, possibly ending in a nasty standoff, we saw during the early days of the pandemic the UK's reluctance to work with the EU in key areas. How bad could that get if talks end in October, then the virus surges in November?

5. Nick Ingrassia:

   Yearly reserve revisions are part-and-parcel of the business (both upwards and downwards) - so their absence alone may warrant further investigation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Downwards
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Downwards
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Downwards
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwards
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Downwards