What part of speech is down?

Down can be categorized as an adjective, a noun, a verb, an adverb and a preposition.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. down is a preposition.
  • 2. down is a verb, present, 1st person singular of down (infinitive).
  • 3. down is a verb (infinitive).
  • 4. down is a noun, singular of downs.
  • 5. down is an adjective.
  • 6. down is an adverb.

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Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does down mean?

Definitions

Adjective
down - 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 - not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down"
down - shut; "the shades were down"
down - understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"
down - being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
down - extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
down - becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

Adverb
down - 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 - 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 - to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
down - paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
down - in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
down - from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"

Verb
down - 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"
down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)
down - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

Noun
down - soft fine feathers
down - 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 - (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
down - (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Preposition
down - A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.
down - A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural.
down - A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
down - A state of depression; low state; abasement.
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Examples of down

#   Sentence  
1. verb The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet.
2. verb Somebody has let you down again.
3. verb This mine will close down next month.
4. verb I hope he will not let us down again by being late.
5. verb Tom certainly doesn't seem like the kind of person that would back down.
6. verb We need some help down here.
7. verb Can you help me down?
8. verb President Obama and Vice President Biden launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the Federal Government.
9. verb Don't let him down now.
10. verb Have I ever let you down before?
11. verb Nobody will back down.
12. verb Tom hasn't let us down yet.
13. verb Can you help me down the stairs?
14. verb He let us down all.
15. verb I knew Tom would back down.
16. adj. Lay face down.
17. adj. The moon is down.
18. adj. Our team is down by a run.
19. adj. Down by a pawn.
20. adj. The stock market is down today.
21. adj. We can't work because the computer is down.
22. adj. The shades were down.
23. adj. Had his algebra problems down.
24. adj. Two down in the bottom of the ninth.
25. adj. The down staircase.
26. adj. The down trend in the real estate market.
27. adj. You have two adjustment screws for up and down and right to left positions.
28. adj. She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
29. adj. Dinner was also an up-and-down experience.
30. adj. Can you save enough money for the down payment?
31. adv. Don't fall down.
32. adv. Rode the lift up and skied down.
33. adv. Was sent down to work at the regional office.
34. adv. Worked down on the farm.
35. adv. Came down for the wedding.
36. adv. Flew down to Florida.
37. adv. He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black.
38. adv. Put ten dollars down on the necklace.
39. adv. The factory went down during the strike.
40. adv. The computer went down again.
41. adv. The story was passed down from father to son.
42. adv. Dekalb County Police Chief Louis Graham...the man who reopened the investigations last year, is mysteriously stepping down.
43. adv. When the FLDS under Mr. Jeffs (and his father before him) grew to some 10,000 followers in several southwestern communities with estimated assets of $110 million; when it became clear that government officials, school authorities, and police in those communities had become intertwined with the sect; when ex-members increasingly reported child and sexual abuse charges (mainly involving underage girls forced to marry older men); and when the sect began to use secluded compounds, state and federal authorities started to crack down more vigorously.
44. adv. I haven't even changed the wording after I first put it down.
45. adv. Yo mama`s so fat, when she gets in an elevator, it HAS to go down.
46. noun San Antonio, wow what a let down from the other cities.
47. noun I didn't either until I clicked on the down button and they popped up.
48. noun The down side was that sometimes there was a lot of noise in the hallway from other patients/doctors.
49. noun Lie down and rest for a while.
50. noun Down with corrupt politicians.
51. noun Please write this down.
52. noun Please give me help in taking this down.
53. noun I promised to go to the party with Jane, and I can't let her down.
54. noun Down with the Government!
55. noun Quiet down, please.
56. noun Down with the Cabinet!
57. noun Please let the blind down.
58. noun He bent down and picked up the ball.
59. noun The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
60. noun Cool down and think it over again.
61. prep. Musharraf made his coup in part because of the military's anger over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's willingness to back down from confronting India over Kashmir, so that he explicitly came to power as a warmonger.
62. prep. “The Vietnam War was winding down, and the Air Force was putting pilots in desk jobs.
63. prep. Praise be: Given the void in responsible behavior among governments, police, educational establishments and religions, the task of guiding our youth down the path of righteousness has fallen to... Satan"
64. prep. Just give your email and/or phone number to these guys and they'll track down your family.
65. prep. We'll find time when things settle down.
66. prep. His books are always hard to put down.
67. prep. It is less complicated for me to initial and fax than to track down someone who doesn't know anything about it and get them to initial it.
68. prep. And his apartment is so run down down I'm afraid roaches might be crawling over the baby.
69. prep. Thought you'd like to know that the Dixie Chicks are coming back to Houston Dec. 12 and will performing just down the street from you at the Compaq Center...it's all about you and your needs.
70. prep. Are you selling burgers up and down the east coast?
71. prep. Just because you're stuck, doesnt give you the right to drag down all the singles around you.
72. prep. The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan.
73. prep. The American laws forbidding interracial marriage, now struck down, were clearly discriminatory.
74. prep. He Would Tear Down Our System Of Checks And Balances, Giving Far Too Much Power To The President.
75. prep. That is what is about to happen with Judge Samuel Alito, in my opinion, because he has one tragic flaw - a very serious blind spot in his thinking - which makes him completely unacceptable for the position of Supreme Court Justice: He does not really agree with the system of "Checks and Balances" built into the Constitution, and he is ready to start tearing it down in order to follow the "Unitary Executive Theory," which calls for vastly-increased Presidential Power at the expense of Congress and the Supreme Court.
Sentence  
verb
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet.
Somebody has let you down again.
This mine will close down next month.
I hope he will not let us down again by being late.
Tom certainly doesn't seem like the kind of person that would back down.
We need some help down here.
Can you help me down?
President Obama and Vice President Biden launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the Federal Government.
Don't let him down now.
Have I ever let you down before?
Nobody will back down.
Tom hasn't let us down yet.
Can you help me down the stairs?
He let us down all.
I knew Tom would back down.
adj.
Lay face down.
The moon is down.
Our team is down by a run.
Down by a pawn.
The stock market is down today.
We can't work because the computer is down.
The shades were down.
Had his algebra problems down.
Two down in the bottom of the ninth.
The down staircase.
The down trend in the real estate market.
You have two adjustment screws for up and down and right to left positions.
She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
Dinner was also an up-and-down experience.
Can you save enough money for the down payment?
adv.
Don't fall down.
Rode the lift up and skied down.
Was sent down to work at the regional office.
Worked down on the farm.
Came down for the wedding.
Flew down to Florida.
He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black.
Put ten dollars down on the necklace.
The factory went down during the strike.
The computer went down again.
The story was passed down from father to son.
Dekalb County Police Chief Louis Graham...the man who reopened the investigations last year, is mysteriously stepping down.
When the FLDS under Mr. Jeffs (and his father before him) grew to some 10,000 followers in several southwestern communities with estimated assets of $110 million; when it became clear that government officials, school authorities, and police in those communities had become intertwined with the sect; when ex-members increasingly reported child and sexual abuse charges (mainly involving underage girls forced to marry older men); and when the sect began to use secluded compounds, state and federal authorities started to crack down more vigorously.
I haven't even changed the wording after I first put it down.
Yo mama`s so fat, when she gets in an elevator, it HAS to go down.
noun
San Antonio, wow what a let down from the other cities.
I didn't either until I clicked on the down button and they popped up.
The down side was that sometimes there was a lot of noise in the hallway from other patients/doctors.
Lie down and rest for a while.
Down with corrupt politicians.
Please write this down.
Please give me help in taking this down.
I promised to go to the party with Jane, and I can't let her down.
Down with the Government!
Quiet down, please.
Down with the Cabinet!
Please let the blind down.
He bent down and picked up the ball.
The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
Cool down and think it over again.
prep.
Musharraf made his coup in part because of the military's anger over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's willingness to back down from confronting India over Kashmir, so that he explicitly came to power as a warmonger.
“The Vietnam War was winding down, and the Air Force was putting pilots in desk jobs.
Praise be: Given the void in responsible behavior among governments, police, educational establishments and religions, the task of guiding our youth down the path of righteousness has fallen to... Satan"
Just give your email and/or phone number to these guys and they'll track down your family.
We'll find time when things settle down.
His books are always hard to put down.
It is less complicated for me to initial and fax than to track down someone who doesn't know anything about it and get them to initial it.
And his apartment is so run down down I'm afraid roaches might be crawling over the baby.
Thought you'd like to know that the Dixie Chicks are coming back to Houston Dec. 12 and will performing just down the street from you at the Compaq Center...it's all about you and your needs.
Are you selling burgers up and down the east coast?
Just because you're stuck, doesnt give you the right to drag down all the singles around you.
The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan.
The American laws forbidding interracial marriage, now struck down, were clearly discriminatory.
He Would Tear Down Our System Of Checks And Balances, Giving Far Too Much Power To The President.
That is what is about to happen with Judge Samuel Alito, in my opinion, because he has one tragic flaw - a very serious blind spot in his thinking - which makes him completely unacceptable for the position of Supreme Court Justice: He does not really agree with the system of "Checks and Balances" built into the Constitution, and he is ready to start tearing it down in order to follow the "Unitary Executive Theory," which calls for vastly-increased Presidential Power at the expense of Congress and the Supreme Court.
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