word-vault/dist/data/cards/do/downwards.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "downwards",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "towards the ground; towards a lower place or position",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was lying face downwards on the grass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The garden sloped gently downwards to the river."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "towards a lower level, amount or price",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards *(= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is in a bad state and the stock market is spiraling downwards."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaʊnwədz/",
                "audio": "do/downwards/downwards__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaʊnwərdz/",
                "audio": "do/downwards/downwards__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}