adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a downward/downhill slope
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She strode down the long downhill slope which led towards her home.
a downward/upward trend (= a tendency for something to increase or decrease )
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The downward trend in population growth was not seen as a problem.
an upward/downward curve
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She stood watching the upward curve of the bird's flight.
downward/upward spiral
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The company is in a downward spiral.
upward/downward mobility
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jobs and opportunities for upward mobility
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
direction
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It won't be easy, not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction .
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Never probe into the canal itself. 4 Brush the outside of the ear section by section in a downward direction .
mobility
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The working class is more uniform in origins than ever before because downward mobility has declined.
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Short Cuts captures the moment when the postwar economic boom began its decline into downward mobility .
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Unemployment is also a significant cause of downward mobility in Britain.
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It has also resulted in downward mobility for a significant proportion of the working class.
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Along with his intensely loyal family he struggles hard to achieve downward mobility .
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Yuppification, not downward mobility , will be the name of the game in the new edition of the guidebook.
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Fewer than one-fifth of respondents had experienced upward mobility and slightly fewer than one-tenth had experienced downward mobility.
movement
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The Earth is really the centre, really the lowest place; movement to it from whatever direction is downward movement.
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The nystagmus consists of coarse oscillations that remain in the horizontal plane, even on upward and downward movements of the eyes.
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Smoothing aims to remove any upward or downward movement in the series that is not part of a sustained trend.
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Dots and dashes could therefore be identified by the upward and downward movements of the current curve.
path
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In 1993-94, the downward path will resume, with a further fall of 6.5 percent.
pressure
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Lengthening sales cycles, project deferrals and their negative impact on utilisation rates could see downward pressure on margins.
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Supply tightness is likely to be alleviated as the year progresses, putting downward pressure on prices.
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Considerably greater downward pressure is required than for planing wood.
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It could lead to a downward pressure on prices in some industries.
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Added to this, a continual downward pressure on prices forces farmers to provide even more for even less.
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This downward pressure may be increased by underwriters or accepting shareholders selling offeror shares in the market following the takeover.
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Super slow-motion replays appeared to show O'Driscoll did not apply downward pressure on the ball.
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This resulted in downward pressure on wages as many workers competed for scarce jobs.
slide
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Male speaker My wife lost her job; she was the main earner and basically from then on it was downward slide .
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It lasted until summer 1947, but big bands were on a downward slide and Armstrong found leading a headache.
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The downward slide is in danger of becoming a drop over the precipice.
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Now it believes it has halted the downward slide following a restructuring and product strategy review over the past year.
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Comments like these are picked up quickly by the Bad ` Un and used to exacerbate our downward slide into negativism.
spiral
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Today is the finale of a downward spiral of setbacks and disappointments as you begin to find new ways forward.
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So those economic dynamics contribute to a continuing downward spiral .
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Self-pity tends to block taking action that will be truly effective in reversing the downward spirals of primary and family diseases.
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It has continued on that downward spiral since.
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My theory is we're going into this horrible downward spiral and Clinton is a poor imitation of Kennedy.
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Perhaps the most shocking news was that children got hit the hardest in this downward spiral .
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But the significance of the Merck move is that it signals a downward spiral in drug prices.
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This has been particularly true of the hi-tech sector, hence the downward spiral in share prices.
trend
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The slight improvements in the eighteenth century are important because they mark the beginning of the downward trend .
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A: About Apple, yes, I do see the downward trend continuing.
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But many brokers predict a long-term downward trend for maize due to the likelihood of a heavily oversupplied market.
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Again, a downward trend is evident.
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This downward trend was so significant during this period that the average working day fell by around 1 hour.
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So, I guess I started supporting Leeds just as they started their downward trend .
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There were 263,515 marriages in 1999, continuing a downward trend since the peak of 426,241 in 1972.
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The downward trend in earnings, however, was apparent before any liberalisation took place.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He managed to pull himself free with a sudden downward movement of his hands.
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She gave the bell-rope a swift downward tug.
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Stock prices continued their downward trend.
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The downward pressure on my chest became more intense.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again, a downward trend is evident.
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Ella's book lay face downward on the arm of a chair, her spectacles lodged across it.
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Obviously the past year I somehow got on the downward spiral at work.
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The direct downward view is dull unless it contains another subject at an interim level, such as a kite.
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This meant rejecting designs that were symmetrical or that actually went against the downward flow of building height from east to west.