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PRONUNCIATION OF CLIMB DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLIMB DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Climb down is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb climb down in English.

WHAT DOES CLIMB DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of climb down in the English dictionary

The first definition of climb down in the dictionary is to descend. Other definition of climb down is to retreat. Climb down is also a retreat from an opinion, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLIMB DOWN

PRESENT

Present
I climb down
you climb down
he/she/it climbs down
we climb down
you climb down
they climb down
Present continuous
I am climbing down
you are climbing down
he/she/it is climbing down
we are climbing down
you are climbing down
they are climbing down
Present perfect
I have climbed down
you have climbed down
he/she/it has climbed down
we have climbed down
you have climbed down
they have climbed down
Present perfect continuous
I have been climbing down
you have been climbing down
he/she/it has been climbing down
we have been climbing down
you have been climbing down
they have been climbing down
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I climbed down
you climbed down
he/she/it climbed down
we climbed down
you climbed down
they climbed down
Past continuous
I was climbing down
you were climbing down
he/she/it was climbing down
we were climbing down
you were climbing down
they were climbing down
Past perfect
I had climbed down
you had climbed down
he/she/it had climbed down
we had climbed down
you had climbed down
they had climbed down
Past perfect continuous
I had been climbing down
you had been climbing down
he/she/it had been climbing down
we had been climbing down
you had been climbing down
they had been climbing down
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will climb down
you will climb down
he/she/it will climb down
we will climb down
you will climb down
they will climb down
Future continuous
I will be climbing down
you will be climbing down
he/she/it will be climbing down
we will be climbing down
you will be climbing down
they will be climbing down
Future perfect
I will have climbed down
you will have climbed down
he/she/it will have climbed down
we will have climbed down
you will have climbed down
they will have climbed down
Future perfect continuous
I will have been climbing down
you will have been climbing down
he/she/it will have been climbing down
we will have been climbing down
you will have been climbing down
they will have been climbing down
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would climb down
you would climb down
he/she/it would climb down
we would climb down
you would climb down
they would climb down
Conditional continuous
I would be climbing down
you would be climbing down
he/she/it would be climbing down
we would be climbing down
you would be climbing down
they would be climbing down
Conditional perfect
I would have climb down
you would have climb down
he/she/it would have climb down
we would have climb down
you would have climb down
they would have climb down
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been climbing down
you would have been climbing down
he/she/it would have been climbing down
we would have been climbing down
you would have been climbing down
they would have been climbing down
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you climb down
we let´s climb down
you climb down
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to climb down
Past participle
climbed down
Present Participle
climbing down
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLIMB DOWN

climatography
climatologic
climatological
climatologically
climatologist
climatology
climature
climax
climaxless
climb
climb-down
climbable
climber
climbing
climbing accident
climbing fish
climbing frame
climbing irons
climbing perch
climbing wall

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLIMB DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of climb down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLIMB DOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «climb down» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of climb down

Translation of «climb down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLIMB DOWN

Find out the translation of climb down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of climb down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «climb down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爬下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bajar
570 millions of speakers

English

climb down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे चढ़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النزول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слезать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

descer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে নামুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

descendre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hinunterklettern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

降りる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래로 상승
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Climb mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thoái nhượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழிறங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली चढून जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scendere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

schodzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злазити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urca în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατεβαίνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klim af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klättra ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klatre ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of climb down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLIMB DOWN»

The term «climb down» is regularly used and occupies the 102.814 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLIMB DOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «climb down» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «climb down» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about climb down

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLIMB DOWN»

Discover the use of climb down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to climb down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handmade Tales 2: More Stories to Make and Take
“Climb, Jack, climb! Down, down, down! Climb, Jack, climb! Down, down, down!" [ Move Jack down to a lower olit] The giant is still coming. [Flip tbe paper around JO tbe cbilaren can oee tbe giant. Tben it back to tbe beanetalk] We have to hurry  ...
Dianne de Las Casas, 2013
2
Climb!: The History of Rock Climbing in Colorado
he yelled. Relieved, he clipped in a sling, gave it a tug, and the RURP ripped out in his hand. Dunn was now twenty-five feet above the ledge with no protection and no way to climb down. Any time he wasn't moving up he started to slip out.
Jeff Achey, Dudley Chelton, Bob Godfrey, 2002
3
The Climb to Eternity: Searching for My Brother on the Other ...
Climb down!” “No! If we let it beat us, we'll never get up there,” I shout. Feeling a conviction I didn't think I had in me, I reach up for a handhold right below the hideous thing flowing towards me. I am determined not to back down. Whatever it is ...
Rick McManus, 2000
4
The Climb
“But when you do finely reach the summit, your only half way there. Do you understand?” Philip asked. “I think so, if you climb up then you have to climb down, right.” Jack answered. “Yes, but you are making this climb blind, without any 268 T.
T. Roderique Leroux, 2012
5
Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Procedures ...
From the top of the steps, the dog is first prompted to climb down two or three steps before allowing it to turn and scamper back up. he opportunity to reverse directions and climb back down or up again may provide a significant source of skill ...
Steven R. Lindsay, 2013
6
The Power of Discourse in Ritual Performance: Rhetoric, ...
Shaman 8: [singing] Ayya, ayya, they [the deities] climb down, they climb down, from where do they climb down? In the country of the silver mountains, from where do they climb down? Shaman 9: [rattling fast, singing] my dead one, you, you ...
Ulrich Demmer, Martin Gaenszle, 2007
7
A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-Based Analysis of ...
If you climb down and keep the peace. you'll feel Far happier for it. i: give in] The close adjective P1 P2 P3 P4 attr A The two had never been close friends. We have close links with Wisconsin. Any apprehension which I had about being in such ...
Thomas Herbst, David Heath, Ian F. Roe, 2004
8
The official DSA theory test for drivers of large vehicles
Climbing down facing the bus means that you can make proper use of the footholds to lessen the risk of slipping. look out for overtaking vehicles before opening the door climb down facing away from the bus climb down facing the bus signal ...
Driving Standards Agency, 2011
9
Foreign Language Learning: Psycholinguistic Studies on ...
For example, a message with one command was “turn left one square,” and a message with six commands was “turn right two squares, climb down one level, move forward one step, turn left one square, climb up two levels, move back two ...
Alice F. Healy, Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., 2013
10
An Action Plan: Parenting Each Other
You're back almost instantly. You climb up again. This time Daddy is deep in conversation with the others. He doesn't pay much attention to you. You climb into his lap, he pats you absentmindedly and you climb down again. You go and play ...
Laurie Weiss, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLIMB DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term climb down is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Climb down in ego and rhetoric is the way forward for Greece, Europe
A woman walks past a graffiti in Athens yesterday. Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday left forBrussels, where he will try to use a resounding ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
North Braddock couple survives home explosion
ROBERT FIRST HAD TO DETERMINE IF HE EVEN HAD STAIRS REMAINING TO CLIMB DOWN, HE DID. THE NEXT CHALLENGE GETTING ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
3
Heroic cops rescue women trapped in burning apartment
... the building for renovation work, broke the window grill and helped the women - identified as Priyanka Dabral and Natasha - climb down. «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
4
The Study Abroad Diaries, Part 2
7:36 a.m.- Climb down from the top bunk bed. 7:40 a.m.– Begin my morning regimen: Brush my teeth, wash my face, brush my hair, apply ... «UCR Today, Jul 15»
5
Nature notes: an abundance of butterflies
The butterfly lays its eggs on tree-trunks, and when they hatch out the caterpillars climb down and search for these violets, which are. Subscribe ... «The Times, Jul 15»
6
'Hannibal' 3.05 Recap: “I Haven't Had a Bite All Day”
Lecter manages to grab onto the body and climb down to the street, limping away out of sight before Jack can catch up. I've gotta say, Laurence ... «High-Def Digest, Jul 15»
7
Oeuvre Here: An 18 Album Voyage Through Ringo Starr's …
... life with synthesised stabs and a slinky funk bassline, before Ringo falls repeatedly on his face like a drunken man trying to climb down from ... «Drowned In Sound, Jul 15»
8
Atlantis Submarines: Revealing the secrets of the underwater world
out to the submarine, and then you climb down into the air-conditioned interior and take your seat in front of one of the myriad windows. «Cayman Compass, Jul 15»
9
Adirondack forest rangers busy with rescues over July 4th weekend
They climbed to the ledge, harnessed the hikers, and belayed them down two pitches to an area where they could safely climb down. «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
10
RBA holds, but may still cut again
THE Reserve Bank stayed on the fence, as expected, on Tuesday but there are plenty of reasons it might climb down off it in the coming months ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

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