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The correct spelling is down.
How to pronounce down
/daʊn/
nounIPA: /daʊn/
Say it like: Dow-n
The correct spelling is down. A negative aspect; a downer. For example: "I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off."
Usage Examples
“I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.”
“I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.”
“I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A negative aspect; a downer.
- 2.A grudge (on someone).
- 3.An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- 4.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.
- 5.(crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
verb
- 1.To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.
- 2.To lower; to put (something) down.
- 3.To defeat; to overpower.
- 4.To disparage, to put down.
- 5.To go or come down; to descend.
adjective
- 1.Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- 2.(normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- 3.At a lower level than before.
- 4.Having a lower score than an opponent.
- 5.(following the noun modified) Out.
adverb
- 1.From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- 2.At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- 3.South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- 4.Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- 5.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.
preposition
- 1.From the higher end to the lower of.
- 2.From nouth to south of.
- 3.From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- 4.At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
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