downhill
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See also: Downhill
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (adverb) IPA(key): /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Adverb
[edit]downhill (comparative farther or further downhill, superlative farthest or furthest downhill)
- Down a slope.
- Synonym: downslope
- Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.
- 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388:
- I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek.
- (by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
- Hyponyms: down the drain, down the tubes; down the toilet (crude)
- After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]down a slope
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Adjective
[edit]downhill (comparative further downhill, superlative furthest downhill)
- Located down a slope or hill.
- Going down a slope or a hill.
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
- It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.
- (by extension) Easy.
Usage notes
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]located down a slope
going down a slope
easy — see easy
Noun
[edit]downhill (countable and uncountable, plural downhills)
- (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
- (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]discipline of alpine skiing
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alpine skiing — see alpine skiing
Verb
[edit]downhill (third-person singular simple present downhills, present participle downhilling, simple past and past participle downhilled)
- To take part in downhill skiing.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]downhill m (plural downhills)
- downhill (skiing)
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