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Synonyms for lower


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : loh-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ ər

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Définition of lower

Origin :
  • c.1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c.1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn, c.1200) was in use into the 18c.
  • adj under, inferior
  • verb let down; fall
  • verb reduce, minimize
  • verb belittle, disgrace
Example sentences :
  • The lower classes of tradesmen were generally placed near the gates.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Their first act is to lower the duties on the importation of foreign cattle!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • With his meager strength he assisted, and the two managed to lower the body gently.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The lower parts of the mountain were covered with the nut-pine.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • The hands of Hank Rainer fell suddenly, but now lower than his beard.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The sixth day brought Andrew Lanning in close view of the lower hills.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It is our mission, as the plants and the lower living things have theirs.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Do not let this great and disastrous fall sink you into lower depths of sin.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • He who does not believe in God must be a truster in that which is lower than himself.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

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