Downhill - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌdaʊnˈhɪl|  American pronunciation of the word downhill
Brit.  |ˌdaʊnˈhɪl|  British pronunciation of the word downhill

noun

- the downward slope of a hill
- a ski race down a trail

adverb

- toward a lower or inferior state
your performance has been going downhill for a long time now
- toward the bottom of a hill
running downhill, he gained a lot of speed

adjective

- sloping down rather steeply (syn: declivitous)

Extra examples

It is easier to ride a bike downhill than uphill.

Her career is heading downhill.

After his divorce, he went downhill fast.

The service has gone downhill under the new owner.

...most runners will have their best splits on the downhills...

The second half of the hike is mostly downhill.

The worst part is over. It's all downhill from here.

The first part of the movie was pretty good, but after that it was all downhill.

His career has been all downhill in recent years.

I was going downhill and my brakes failed.

It's a long walk back, but at least it's all downhill.

The bicyclists gathered speed as they went downhill.

...historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric, that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide...

It is easier to ride a bicycle downhill than uphill.

The road was slightly downhill, so we just coasted along enjoying ourselves.

Word forms

noun
singular: downhill
plural: downhills
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