Definitions for DOWNWARD
ˈdaʊn wərddown·ward

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. down(a), downward(a)adjective

   extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

   "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

2. downward(ip)adverb

   on or toward a surface regarded as a base

   "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"

3. 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. downwardadverb

   toward a lower level, either in space or in a hierarchy or an amount

   His position in society moved ever downward.

2. downwardadjective

   moving or sloping down

   He spoke with a downward glance.

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

1. Downwardadjective

   1. Moving on a declivity; tending towards the center; tending to the ground.

   With downward force,
   That drove the sand along, he took his way,
   And roll’d his yellow billows to the sea. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Declivous; bending.

   When Aurora leaves our northern sphere,
   She lights the downward heaven, and rises there. John Dryden, Virg.

   3. Depressed; dejected.

   At the lowest of my downward thoughts, I pulled up my heart to remember, that nothing is atchieved before it be thoroughly attempted, and that lying still doth never go forward. Philip Sidney.

2. 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. Downward

   Downward is an English surname.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. downward

   Downward refers to a direction or tendency towards a lower level, point or value, often physically, but can also refer to abstract concepts such as status or performance. In other words, it is moving or extending towards a lower place or position. It could be the opposite of upward.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Downwardadverb

   alt. of Downwards

2. Downwardadjective

   moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous

3. Downwardadjective

   descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent

4. Downwardadjective

   tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DOWNWARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Downward is ranked #100791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Downward surname appeared 179 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Downward.
   
   95.5% or 171 total occurrences were White.

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Anagrams for DOWNWARD »

1. drawdown

How to pronounce DOWNWARD?

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

How to say DOWNWARD in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DOWNWARD in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DOWNWARD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DOWNWARD in a Sentence

1. Phillip Futures:

   Prices seem adamant on staying above support levels, and it seems they will hold for this festive season, normally, positive stockpile data of this magnitude would surely have broken support levels. However, it seems there is not enough downward pressure to keep prices down.

2. Chris Retzler:

   A stronger dollar is going to put more downward pressure on industrial names and larger cap companies that are more global to begin with.

3. Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie:

   Although we see some loss of production, particularly from expensive Chinese iron ore (producers) ... we still see a growing surplus of low-cost supply and therefore, if anything, the pressure on the price is (still) downward.

4. Jose Morales:

   At several points in the last year-and-half I thought we were turning a corner and of course we haven't. We see these blips of outperformance, then it continues on its downward trend.

5. Anand James:

   The market has been on a downward trend during the last couple of days and that is not surprising because during the last two years, we have seen the fortnight preceding the budget to be a cautious time this year, we have approached the budget on a high and that is all the more reason for traders to take some money off the table.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DOWNWARD
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Downward
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DOWNWARD
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downward
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DOWNWARD
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=DOWNWARD