The global economy is spiraling downwards.
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Downwards
//ˈdaʊnwədz//
Synonyms for "downwards" (12 found)
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Translations
33 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κάτω adv (towards a lower place)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- بەرەوخوار adv (towards a lower place)
- بەرەونزم adv (towards a lower place)
- بەرەونزم adv (to a lower figure or amount)
Dutch
1 entries- benedenwaarts adv (towards a lower place)
Faroese
4 entries- niður adv (towards a lower place)
- niðureftir adv (towards a lower place)
- oman adv (towards a lower place)
- omaneftir adv (towards a lower place)
Finnish
3 entries- alas adv (towards a lower place)
- alaspäin adv (towards a lower place)
- alaspäin adv (to a lower figure or amount)
German
4 entries- abwärts adv (towards a lower place)
- herab adv (towards a lower place)
- herunter adv (towards a lower place)
- hinab adv (towards a lower place)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 adv (towards a lower place)
Hebrew
3 entries- כְּלַפֵּי־מַטָּה adv (towards a lower place)
- לְמַטָּה adv (towards a lower place)
- מַטָּה adv (towards a lower place)
Hungarian
1 entries- lefelé adv (towards a lower place)
Latin
1 entries- deorsum adv (towards a lower place)
Old English
1 entries- niþer adv (towards a lower place)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشاغی adv (towards a lower place)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- rauf adv (towards a lower place)
Russian
1 entries- вниз adv (towards a lower place)
Slovene
1 entries- dôl adv (towards a lower place)
Spanish
3 entries- a la baja adv (to a lower figure or amount)
- hacia abajo adv (towards a lower place)
- para abajo adv (to a lower figure or amount)
Swedish
1 entries- nedåt adv (towards a lower place)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Kori walked downwards as much as she could and ended up five stories below ground level.
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Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.
Source: tatoeba (7304385)
Is Algeria's economic growth trending downwards?
Source: tatoeba (10112045)
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