downward

(doun'wərd)
adv. or down·wards (-wərdz)

1. In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position: floating downward.
2. Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: slid downward into poverty.
3. Toward the feet or lower parts: clothed from the waist downward.
4. Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank: stocks plummeted downward.
5. From a prior source or earlier time: passed downward through the ages.

adj.
Directed toward a lower place or position: downward movement.

downwardly down'ward·ly adv.

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The only form for the adjective is downward (in a downward direction), but downward and downwards are both used for the adverb, with a preference for downwards in British English:

She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards—Virginia Woolf, 1922

Every time he looked downward he grew dizzy—J. M. Coetzee, 1983

It would be unacceptable if the quality of life went downwards—Aberdeen Evening Express, 2004.

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adjective

Moving or sloping down: descendent, descending. See rise/fall.

adj

Definition: descending
Antonyms: upward

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - nedad
adj. - nedadrettet, nedadgående

idioms:

• downward compatible    kompatibel med tidligere versioner

Nederlands (Dutch)
neerwaarts

Français (French)
adv. - vers le bas, de haut en bas, en bas, en dessous
adj. - vers le bas, en bas, qui descend en pente, baissé (le regard), (fig) qui mène à la ruine, tendance à la baisse (Bourse)

idioms:

• downward compatible    (Comput) qui a une compatibilité descendante

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abwärts
adv. - abwärts, herunter, nieder

idioms:

• downward compatible    Kompatibel mit einer vorherigen Version

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πτωτικός, κατηφορικός, κατερχόμενος
adv. - προς τα κάτω, (και) παρακάτω, (και) επέκεινα

idioms:

• downward compatible    (Η/Υ) συμβατός με απλούστερα συστήματα

Italiano (Italian)
discendente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - descendente
adv. - para baixo

Русский (Russian)
спускающийся, направленный вниз

Español (Spanish)
adv. - hacia abajo, empezando por..., bajo
adj. - hacia abajo, descendente

idioms:

• downward compatible    compatible con versiones anteriores

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sluttande
adv. - nedåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
向下, 往后推移地, 日趋没落地, 向下的

idioms:

• downward compatible    下向兼容

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 向下, 往後推移地, 日趨沒落地
adj. - 向下的

idioms:

• downward compatible    下向相容

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 아래로, ~이래로
adj. - 아래로 내려가는, 쇠락하여, ~ 이후의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 下方への, 下り坂の
adv. - 下方へ, 落ち目になって, これまで, …以来

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منحدر, متحدر من أصل أو مصدر (ظرف) نزولا, الى الأسفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮כלפי מטה‬
adj. - ‮יורד, מידרדר‬

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