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lower
1[ loh-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to descend; let or put down:
to lower a flag.
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- to make lower in height or level:
to lower the water in a canal.
- to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
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Antonyms: ,
- to make less loud:
Please lower your voice.
Synonyms:
His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.
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- Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten.
- Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate:
The vowel of “clerk” is lowered to (ä) in the British pronunciation.
verb (used without object)
- to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree:
The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly.
- to descend; sink:
the sun lowering in the west.
adjective
- comparative of low 1.
- of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
- (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like:
the Lower Devonian.
noun
- a denture for the lower jaw.
- a lower berth.
lower
2[ lou-er, louuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
Synonyms: ,
- to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower:
He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
noun
- a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
- a frown or scowl.
lower
1/ ˈəʊə /
adjective
- being below one or more other things
the lower shelf
the lower animals
- reduced in amount or value
a lower price
- maths (of a limit or bound) less than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
- sometimes capital geology denoting the early part or division of a period, system, formation, etc
Lower Silurian
verb
- tr to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down
- tr to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc
to lower oneself
- to reduce or be reduced
to lower one's confidence
- tr to make quieter
to lower the radio
- tr to reduce the pitch of
- tr phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth
- intr to diminish or become less
lower
2/ ˈʊə /
verb
- (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing
- to scowl or frown
noun
- a menacing scowl or appearance
lower
- Being an earlier division of the geological or archaeological period named.
- Compare upper
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɱ, adjective
- ˈǷɱԲ, adverb
- ˈǷɱԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Ƿİ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lower1
Example Sentences
He said that "Europe has little choice now but to lower its demands somewhat" in negotiations, as it seeks to diversify trading partners.
Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the president exceeded his authority when he signed an executive order threatening to cut funding for “sanctuary cities.”
Trump is hardly the first politician to cast the bank as a scapegoat at a moment of economic turmoil - or to press for lower interest rates.
They say their plan to reform business rates will mean lower taxes for High Street businesses such as hair salons when it comes into effect in 2026-27.
The spate of recent polls have his approval ratings lower than he was at this point in his first term, which was the lowest of any president up to that time.
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