How to pronounce “down”

Meaning

• [Adverb]
• (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
• (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
• To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
• Away from the city (regardless of direction).
• At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
• Forward, straight ahead.
• (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• (UK, academia, dated) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
• To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
• (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
• So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
• So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
• From less to greater detail.
• From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• Into a state of non-operation.
• So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
• On paper (or in a durable record).
• So as to be cowed into silence.
• As a down payment.
• (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
• Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
• (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
• [Preposition]
• From the higher end to the lower of.
• From north to south of.
• Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
• From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
• (colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
• [Adjective]
• Facing downwards.
• At a lower level than before.
• (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• (slang) In prison.
• Having a lower score than an opponent.
• (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
• (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
• (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
• (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
• Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
• Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
• (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
• (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
• (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower. [from 17th. c.]
• (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down. [from 18th c.]
• (intransitive, rare or obsolete) To go or come down; to descend. [from 17th. c.]
• (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty. [from 19th c.]
• (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession. [from 19th c.]
• (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket. [from 20th c.]
• [Noun]
• A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
• (dated) A grudge (on someone).
• A downer, depressant.
• An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
• (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
• (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
• (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
• A downstairs room of a two-story house.
• Down payment.
• The lightest quark with a charge number of −1⁄3.

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