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Pronounce Down as D OW W N.

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    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'down'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of down: /doʊwn/
    • Modern IPA representation of down: /dɒwn/

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    List of meaning for down

    down, down feather(noun)

    soft fine feathers

    down(noun)

    (American football) a complete play to advance the football

    "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

    Down, John L. H. Down(noun)

    English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

    down(noun)

    (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

    down, pile(adj)

    fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

    down(adj)

    being or moving lower in position or less in some value

    "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

    down(a), downward(a)(adj)

    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

    "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

    down(a)(adj)

    becoming progressively lower

    "the down trend in the real estate market"

    down(p)(adj)

    being put out by a strikeout

    "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

    down, down pat(p), mastered(adj)

    understood perfectly

    "had his algebra problems down"

    depressed, down(p)(adj)

    lower than previously

    "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

    down(adj)

    shut

    "the shades were down"

    down(adj)

    not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

    "we can't work because the computer is down"

    gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited(verb)

    filled with melancholy and despondency

    "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

    toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill(verb)

    drink down entirely

    "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

    devour, down, consume, go through(verb)

    eat immoderately

    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

    down(verb)

    bring down or defeat (an opponent)

    down, shoot down, land(verb)

    shoot at and force to come down

    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

    down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down(verb)

    cause to come or go down

    "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

    polish, refine, fine-tune, down(adverb)

    improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

    "refine one's style of writing"

    down, downwards, downward, downwardly(adverb)

    spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

    "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"

    down(adverb)

    away from a more central or a more northerly place

    "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida"

    down(adverb)

    paid in cash at time of purchase

    "put ten dollars down on the necklace"

    down(adverb)

    from an earlier time

    "the story was passed down from father to son"

    down(adverb)

    to a lower intensity

    "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

    down(adverb)

    in an inactive or inoperative state

    "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"

    brought or having come to an end

    eight down and two to go

    directed down

    a down escalator

    feeling unhappiness

    feeling a bit down

    temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body

    down with the flu

    not being in working order

    while my computer was down, I attended to some unfinished odds and ends lying about my cubicle

    of the very best kind

    a small jazz club that showcases some really down musicians

    toward or in a lower position

    the stairs went down to the basement

    from this or that place

    came down from New York for the weekend

    a soft airy substance or covering

    a comforter filled with goose down

    something (as a situation or event) that is depressing

    lately it's been one down after another in my life

    a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong

    I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other!

    a strong feeling of not liking or approving

    for years after the war her grandfather had an unshakable down on the Germans

    the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude

    suffered with a psychological disorder in which she alternated between emotional ups and downs

    a loss of status

    experienced the ups and downs of a career in showbiz

    a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

    hold a festival on the downs

    to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

    downed his opponent with one stunning blow

    to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat

    downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda

    to reject by or as if by a vote

    all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council

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    down in sentence

    1. The rain began to slowly trickle down the driver’s windshield.

    2. It is fun to watch the turkey gobble as he waddles down the sidewalk towards his other feathered friends.

    3. When Agatha punished the children, you could hear the cracking of the ferrule and the screams that followed down the hallway.

    4. The player was sidelined after coming down with mono and confined to his bed due to fever and an extremely sore throat.

    5. “Blot the stain,” the man said to his wife as he moved his hand up and down on the stained area.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term down

    This is pretty much exactly when Aebbes monastery was in existence, originally built around A.D. 640, it is said to have burned down shortly after her death but was then rebuilt and thrived until it was destroyed once again by Viking raiders 200 years later.

    – Manda Forster

    It's a fascinating area of research and it holds a lot of promise, if someone said to me 10 to 15 years down the road this would be a routine thing we'll be doing, that would be great and I don't even know that I'd be surprised. But you can also imagine that in 10 to 15 years, we'll look back and say what is that crazy thing we were doing.

    – David Hackney

    I used to say what's it going to take -- a fan to die before major league owners and the commissioner finally do something ? what will compel them to... extend the netting down the line ? Well, of course, last year a fan died and they said nothing and, up until now, they've done nothing and now this poor little girl got hurt.

    – Andy Zlotnick

    Life is precious. You’ve got to make sure if you’re doing big events that you know what you’re doing, promoters need to sit down and work out what props they’re using and how this could affect people.

    – Preeya Adams

    What we're going to do is we will put a different offer down and say to them: 'Look - we want to get to free trade. Now we can either start talking about that now if you are serious and you want to have a process that means we don't end up ... with tariffs etcetera after the 31st - if that's what you want, the EU, then we are prepared to talk, but if all you are interested in doing is saying: 'All you can have is this deal', then the answer is: we will be prepared to leave on the 31st.

    – Duncan Smith

    I always worry about people and how they use stoves. Which is just a controlling thing, [It’s] about the gas. You could so easily burn down something if you leave the stove on. Or the oven.

    – Amanda Seyfried

    The goal is to try and find the chimney, drill some bolts, put some ropes in and rappel down into different chimneys to wiggle down into the cave maze to see if we can get to the main passage, the key is finding the right hole. If you find the right hole it may not take very long. It's just whether you can find the right hole because they are all over the hillside.

    – Josh Morris

    The murder of Joan Kagezi should only serve to increase our resolve to hunt down and bring to justice all those elements bent on disturbing the security and development of our country.

    – Kale Kayihura

    When it fills with water you try not to panic, but it's difficult as when you're upside down there's no windows so you're totally blind, one of the doors was open, so water poured in. It was a bit of a shock to the system but then your survival mode just kicks in.

    – Alex Thomson

    The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

    – Jules Renard

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