downward

[ doun-werd ]
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adverb
  1. Also downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.

  2. down from a source or beginning: As the river flows downward, it widens.

  1. from a past time, predecessor, or ancestor: The estate was handed downward from generation to generation.

adjective
  1. moving or tending to a lower place or condition.

  2. descending from a source or beginning.

Origin of downward

1
1150–1200; Middle English dounward, aphetic variant of adounward,Old English adūnweard.See down1, -ward

Other words from downward

  • down·ward·ly, adverb
  • down·ward·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for downward

downward

/ (ˈdaʊnwəd) /


adjective
  1. descending from a higher to a lower level, condition, position, etc

  2. descending from a beginning

adverb
  1. a variant of downwards

Derived forms of downward

  • downwardly, adverb
  • downwardness, noun

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