Downhill Meaning
/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advDown a slope.
advSo as to deteriorate or get worse.
Sentence Examples
The weather is supposed to go downhill starting this afternoon.
For a girl, after 30, it's downhill all the way.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The cyclists raced down the ____ path, gaining speed rapidly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather is supposed to go ____ starting this afternoon.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English down- English hill English downhill From down- + hill.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek."
— 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388:
"It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action."
— 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cyclists raced down the ____ path, gaining speed rapidly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather is supposed to go ____ starting this afternoon.