down
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
How often you will meet it
Rank 82 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 293,124 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.139% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value lay face downthe moon is down
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place also: downward the down staircasethe downward course of the stream
- becoming progressively lower the down trend in the real estate market
- being put out by a strikeout two down in the bottom of the ninth
- understood perfectly also: down pat, mastered had his algebra problems down
- lower than previously also: depressed the market is depressedprices are down
down in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He set down the lamp upon the table, and deliberately seated himself.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The boy nodded his head sidewise toward his own home, and the girl silently nodded hers up and down in answer.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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The girl and her chaperon had been deposited early in the desirable second-story window in Durfee, looking down on the tree.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1