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81down — {{11}}down (adv.) late O.E. aphetic form of O.E. ofdune downwards, from dune from the hill, dative of dun hill (see DOWN (Cf. down) (n.2)). A sense development peculiar to English. Used as a preposition since c.1500. Sense of depressed mentally… …
82down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. downward; under, beneath, below. See lowness, descent.Ant., up, above. II (Roget s IV) prep. and modif. 1. [Having a downward motion] Syn. forward, headlong, downward, downhill, downstairs,… …
83down — 1. noun /daʊn/ a) Field, especially for racing. Churchill Downs, Upson Downs (from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis). b) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down,… …
84down — 1down agg.inv., s.m. e f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} che, chi è affetto da sindrome di Down: curare i bambini down, un convegno sull assistenza ai down {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1982. ETIMO: da Down, nome del medico inglese J.L.H. Down (1828 96) …
85down — down1 adverb 1》 towards or in a lower place or position. ↘to or at a place perceived as lower. ↘away from the north. ↘Brit. away from the capital or major city. ↘Brit. away from a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge. 2》 to… …
86Down — Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Downs. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Down peut faire référence à : Down, un groupe de …
87down — Effectively, English now has three distinct words down, but two of them are intimately related: for down ‘to or at a lower place’ [11] originally meant ‘from the hill’ – and the Old English word for hill in this instance was dūn. This may have… …
88down to — 1) used for emphasizing that everything or everyone is included, even the smallest thing or the least important person Everything had been carefully planned, right down to the last detail. The changes will affect everyone from managing director… …
89down — Effectively, English now has three distinct words down, but two of them are intimately related: for down ‘to or at a lower place’ [11] originally meant ‘from the hill’ – and the Old English word for hill in this instance was dūn. This may have… …
90down — up, down In geographical terms, down means south and up means north, and so you go up to Scotland from London and down to Atlanta (Georgia) from Chicago. A conventional exception to this straightforward logic arises with capital or major cities;… …
