English
Etymology
From down + -wards.
Pronunciation
Adverb
downwards (not comparable)
- Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Gravity pulls everything downwards.
- Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.
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towards a lower place
- Dutch: benedenwaarts (nl)
- Faroese: oman, omaneftir, niður, niðureftir
- Finnish: alas (fi), alaspäin (fi)
- German: abwärts (de), nach unten, hinab (de), herab (de), hinunter (de), herunter (de)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 (dalaþ)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: κάτω (kátō)
- Hebrew: מַטָּה (he) (matá), לְמַטָּה (l'matá), כְּלַפֵּי־מַטָּה (klapei matá)
- Hungarian: lefelé (hu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بەرەونزم (berewnizm), بەرەوخوار (berewixwar)
- Latin: deorsum (la)
- Old English: niþer
- Plautdietsch: rauf
- Russian: вниз (ru) (vniz)
- Slovene: dôl (sl)
- Spanish: hacia abajo
- Swedish: nedåt (sv)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı)
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