English-Thai Dictionary

downward

ADJ ลด ต่ำ ลง  ลง ต่ำ  descendent going down ascending rising lod-tam-long

 

downward

ADV ลด ต่ำ ลง  ลง ต่ำ  below to the floor upward lod-tam-long

 

downwards

ADV ลง ข้างล่าง  ลง ต่ำ  long-kang-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOWNWARD, DOWNWARDS

adv. [See Ward. ] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll downwards; to look downward; to take root downwards.
2. In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows downward toward the sea; we sailed downward on the stream.
3. In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations downward from Adam or Abraham.
4. In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.

 

DOWNWARD

a. 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place, as on a slope or declivity, or in the open air; tending towards the earth or its center; as a downward course; he took his way with downward force.
2. Declivous; bending; as the downward heaven.
3. Descending from a head, origin or source.
4. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as downward thoughts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOWNWARD; DOWNWARDS

Down "ward, Down "wards, adv. Etym: [AS. ad. See Down, adv. , and -ward. ]

 

1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards. " Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

 

2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton.

 

3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.

 

DOWNWARD

DOWNWARD Down "ward, a.

 

1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

 

2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

 

3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

downward

down ward |ˈdounwərd ˈdaʊnwərd | ▶adverb (also downwards ) toward a lower place, point, or level: he was lying face downward. • used to indicate that something applies to everyone in a certain hierarchy or set: new rules on sick leave affect employees of all grades, from managers downward. ▶adjective moving or leading toward a lower place or level: the downward curve of the stairs | a downward trend in inflation. DERIVATIVES down ward ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old English adūnweard.

 

downwardly mobile

down ward ly mo bile ▶adjective moving to a lower social class; losing wealth and status. DERIVATIVES down ward mo bil i ty noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

downward

down |ward |ˈdaʊnwəd | ▶adverb (also downwards ) towards a lower place or level: he was lying face downward | the floor sloped downwards. ▶adjective moving or leading towards a lower place or level: a downward trend in inflation. ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old English adūnweard.

 

downwardly

down |ward ¦ly ▶adverb towards a lower level; in a downward direction. PHRASES downwardly mobile see mobile.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

downward

downward adjective profits are in a downward trend: descending, downhill, falling, sinking, dipping; earthbound, earthward.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

downward

downward adjective the downward flow of water: descending, downhill, falling, sinking, going down, moving down, sliding, slipping, dipping, earthbound, earthward. ANTONYMS upward. WORD LINKS downward cata- related prefix, as in catastrophe, catadromous Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

downward

down ward /dáʊnwə r d /副詞 比較なし ｟主に米 ｠ (!｟英 ｠ではdownwardsが普通 ) 1 下の方へ, 下を向いて, 裏向きで [に ]; 下降へ, 減少へ, 落ち目に (↔upward )▸ a road leading downward to the river その川へ下っていく道 ▸ the body lying face downward うつ伏せに横たわる死体 2 ずっと ▸ from the revolution downward その革命以来ずっと 3 (組織の一番上から )下まですべてにわたって ▸ from the company's president downward その会社の社長をはじめ全社員 形容詞 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗下方への ; 下降の, 減少の, 落ち目の ▸ a downward trend [spiral ]下降傾向 [急降下 ]

 

downwards

d ó wn wards 副詞 ｟主に英 ｠＝downward .