[usuallybeforenoun] moving or pointing towards a lower level:
the downward slope of a hill * A rise in interest rates would reverse the downward trend in inflation. * She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness. * The business was on a downward path, finally closing in 1998. * Subsidence is the downward movement of a site on which a building stands.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for downward is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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In this entry, downward is tagged as adjective.
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