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# downwards

«downwards» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **towards a lower place or position** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (downwards; also downward); adjective (downward)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Downwards means towards a lower place or position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#m1)

2) Downwards means going to a smaller number or amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the six directions are sealed with God's name; "down" is one of them, showing God's rule over all of space. In the primary lessons: In maths, a graph may slope downwards when a number gets smaller; counting downwards goes from bigger to smaller. In science, gravity pulls things downwards. In PE and art, pupils point or draw downwards. Phrases: face downwards, slope downwards, from ... downwards.

### examples

- Six—He sealed Below and faced downwards and sealed it with Yod-Waw-Heh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x1)
- The ball rolled downwards to the bottom of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x2)
- Gravity pulls things downwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x3)
- Point your fingers downwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x4)
- The line on the graph goes downwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x5)
- The road slopes downwards to the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x6)
- Lay the card face downwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x7)
- Everyone from age 10 downwards gets in free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x8)
- The summit of the tree waved to and fro, and bent downwards as if in his silent longing he sought for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/#x9)

### note

Downwards is more common in British English; downward is more common in American English as an adverb. Before a noun use downward: a downward slope. Opposite: upwards. In maths, a downward trend means the numbers are getting smaller.

### In the corpora

- [A rocket throws hot gas out downwards and the gas pushes the rocket up; it does not need air to push against.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/5/)
- [Gravity is the pull of the Earth that makes things fall downwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/51-forces/15/)
- [A plane's wings push air downwards, and the air pushes the plane upwards; this is called lift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/99-transport-horses-to-planes/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «downwards» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/downwards/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.