"downwards" meaning in English

See downwards in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈdaʊnwədz/ [UK], /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downwards.wav
Etymology: From down + -wards. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|down|wards}} down + -wards Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} downwards (not comparable)
  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to a lower figure or amount): بەرەونزم (berewnizm) (Central Kurdish), alaspäin (Finnish) Translations (towards a lower place): κάτω (kátō) (Ancient Greek), بەرەونزم (berewnizm) (Central Kurdish), بەرەوخوار (berewixwar) (Central Kurdish), benedenwaarts (Dutch), oman (Faroese), omaneftir (Faroese), niður (Faroese), niðureftir (Faroese), alas (Finnish), alaspäin (Finnish), abwärts (German), nach unten (German), 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 (dalaþ) (Gothic), מַטָּה (matá) (Hebrew), לְמַטָּה (l'matá) (Hebrew), כְּלַפֵּי־מַטָּה (klapei matá) (Hebrew), lefelé (Hungarian), deorsum (Latin), niþer (Old English), rauf (Plautdietsch), dôl (Slovene), hacia abajo (Spanish), nedåt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-downwards-en-adv-YUd~nZeK Disambiguation of 'to a lower figure or amount': 67 33 Disambiguation of 'towards a lower place': 88 12
  2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: downward, down
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}

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