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Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
William Whewell

Meaning of "downwards" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWNWARDS

downwards  [ˈdaʊnwədz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWNWARDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Downwards is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DOWNWARDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Downwards Records

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.

Definition of downwards in the English dictionary

The definition of downwards in the dictionary is from a higher to a lower place, level, etc. Other definition of downwards is from an earlier time or source to a later.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWNWARDS


afterwards
ˈɑːftəwədz
ass-backwards
ˌæsˈbækwədz
backwards
ˈbækwədz
eastwards
ˈiːstwədz
Edwards
ˈɛdwədz
forwards
ˈfɔːwədz
heavenwards
ˈhɛvənwədz
homewards
ˈhəʊmwədz
inwards
ˈɪnwədz
landwards
ˈlændwədz
moonwards
ˈmuːnwədz
northwards
ˈnɔːθwədz
onwards
ˈɒnwədz
outwards
ˈaʊtwədz
rearwards
ˈrɪəwədz
rightwards
ˈraɪtwədz
southwards
ˈsaʊθwədz
sternwards
ˈstɜːnwədz
sunwards
ˈsʌnwədz
upwards
ˈʌpwədz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWNWARDS

downthrow
downtick
downtime
downtown
downtowner
downtrend
downtrod
downtrodden
downturn
downward
downward mobility
downwardly
downwardly mobile
downwardness
downwash
downwind
downy
downy mildew
downy oak
downzone

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWNWARDS

airwards
bend over backwards
boards
earthwards
frontwards
goalwards
hellwards
henceforwards
hitherwards
lean over backwards
leewards
leftwards
northeastwards
northwestwards
rewards
selfwards
shorewards
sidewards
southeastwards
thenceforwards
towards

Synonyms and antonyms of downwards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «downwards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWNWARDS

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

Translator English - Chinese

向下地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacia abajo
570 millions of speakers

English

downwards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे की ओर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вниз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para baixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্নাভিমুখে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vers le bas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ke bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nach unten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下方へ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래쪽으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ்நோக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खालच्या दिशेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşağıya doğru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in giù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w dół
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вниз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προς τα κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwaarts
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedåt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedover
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of downwards

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNWARDS»

The term «downwards» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.271 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNWARDS» OVER TIME

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

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7 QUOTES WITH «DOWNWARDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word downwards.
1
Tom Glazer
I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.
2
Gary Hamel
The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.
3
John Locke
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
4
Keith Richards
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
5
Bertrand Russell
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
6
William Whewell
Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
7
Chauncey Wright
Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNWARDS»

Discover the use of downwards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to downwards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Upwards and Downwards, and Other Stories, by A.L.O.E.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873. Excerpt: .
Charlotte Maria Tucker, 2012
2
Magnetic Results
The trace was shifted to the next set of lines downwards, which implies apparent direct motion 360°. June 24. 22. The trace was shifted to the next set of lines downwards, which implies apparent direct motion 360°. June 28. 22. The trace was ...
Royal Greenwich Observatory. Magnetic Station, Hartland, Eng, 1850
3
The Provincial Statutes of Canada
0 Do do do downwards, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O The same Tolls being payable on Goods and Merchandize brought down the River Saint Lawrence past any section or sections of the said Canals, as if they had been brought through the ...
Canada, 1848
4
A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations
Whereas, by simply drawing the limb laterally as much as is required to make the extending band serve as a fulcrum, and then using the leg as a lever, the head of the bone is not only forced inwards, but is moved downwards, and must ...
Frank Hastings Hamilton, 1860
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
4 : 25 A. M. — Five bright meteors passed rapidly from Zenith vertically downwards, N.E. By 2d Assistant W. CRAIG. On proceeding to the Observatory about 4: 25 A. M. perceived a shower of meteors, and after taking the regular observations, ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1841
6
The Mishnah
he had stood, and sprinkled [the blood] once upwards and seven times downwards, not as though he had intended to sprinkle upwards or downwards but as though he were wielding a whip. And thus used he to count : One, one and one, one ...
Herbert Danby, 1933
7
Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence: The Case ...
include the bowled ball in cricket, the bullet in riflery, the toboggan in sledging, and the thrill-ride in Disneyland, instances where objects move downwards because they are not supported by a surface or because the surface is a slope. On the ...
Christine Howe, 1998
8
Cozy Office
If the person's eyebrow hairs are growing downwards, it denotes he or she is lacking drive in doing things or attaining goals. Fig. Downwards growing eyebrow hairs. 3. Grow downwards and eyebrows also slant downwards If the eyebrow ...
Sonice Chau, 2013
9
A collection of examples in pure and mixed mathematics, with ...
Ex.6. downwards in a fluid whose Sp. Gr. is to that of the cone as 8 : I ; determine the nature of the equilibrium. 8. A hollow right cone, whose vertical angle is 60°, is placed with its axis vertical and vertex downwards ; find what quantity of fluid it  ...
Alfred Wrigley, 1857
10
The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Through Corvus vertically downwards. 6-03 a. m. — 1. Between y and A. Argus, small, vertically downwards. 5- 05 a. x 1. Through middle of Auriga, N. E. to S. W. 5-06 a. m. — 1. From near a Leonis downwards E. 5.08 a. h. — In Argus as ...
Bombay Geographical Society, 1850

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNWARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term downwards is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Bitcoin Looks About to Correct Downwards
That is the case now as I look at bitcoin, particularly against the U.S. Dollar, and see the likelihood of a major downwards move in the near ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
2
Apple Inc. Watch Sales on a Downwards Slope, Red Flags …
Market research firm Slice Intelligence released a new report which made everyone question whether Apple (AAPL) made the right choice by ... «Tech News Today, Jul 15»
3
Technical error halts trade on NYSE – US stocks track China …
Technical error halts trade on NYSE – US stocks track China downwards. Virtually overshadowing the eurozone's ultimatum to Greece that it ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
4
Flyboard: When you want to do more than just to walk on water
There is a knack to flying around in a pair of boots that keep you aloft by blasting 1,000 gallons of water a minute directly downwards. But what ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Trends Driving Our $20 Price Estimate For U.S. Steel
Considering the realities of the new competitive landscape, we have revised downwards are forecasts for realized prices and margins in our ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
Sterling Fell after Budget Report and Ahead of BoE Policy Meeting
The forecast for the economic growth revised slightly downwards from the previous budget report in March as it was expected to grow by 0.7% ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
7
Album Review: Ratatat – Magnifique
On “Cream on Chrome”, a hypnotic walking bass line breathes until waves of synth spiral downwards, rinsing it clean like mouthwash. «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
8
Australia 200 Relying Upon Support Yet Again
A little higher up at 5800, this level remains large and continues to apply downwards pressure on the index, as this has been a significant level ... «Investing.com, Jul 15»
9
iOS 9 Beta 3 Tidbits: 4x4 Folders on iPad, Screenshot and Selfie …
Search improvements - When swiping downwards to bring up search, Siri App Suggestions are now displayed. siriappsuggestions. Camera ... «Mac Rumors, Jul 15»
10
Hands-on: Apple News in iOS 9 looks sexy on an iPad
The images can be enlarged by swiping downwards from the bottom of the photo. You can also swipe downward to see the full text of the article ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»

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