英和和英

語源

From down +‎ -wards.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdaʊnwədz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/

副詞

downwards (not comparable)

1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

   Gravity pulls everything downwards.

2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.

   After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.

使用する際の注意点

• More common than downward as an adverb until 1890, according to Google NGrams. About half as common since 1920. After 2000, downward has become almost as common as downwards in the NGrams Brit. Eng. corpus, where c. 1880 it was one quarter as common.

同意語

• downward, down

反意語

• upwards, up

形容詞

downwards (comparative more downwards, superlative most downwards)

1. Downward.

使用する際の注意点

• Much less common than downward as an adjective, but gaining in usage in Brit. Eng..

アナグラム

• downdraws, drawdowns