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Daʊn Preposition Bre Stone Rolled Hill Tears Ran

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WordType (preposition)
Phonetic BrE / daʊn / NAmE / daʊn /
Example
  • the stone rolled down the hill.
  • tears ran down her face.
  • her hair hung down her back to her waist.
  • he lives just down the street.
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(preposition)BrE / daʊn / NAmE / daʊn /
  1. from a high or higher point on something to a lower one
    • The stone rolled down the hill.
    • Tears ran down her face.
    • Her hair hung down her back to her waist.
  2. along; towards the direction in which you are facing
    • He lives just down the street.
    • Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights.
    • There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
  3. all through a period of time
    • an exhibition of costumes down the ages (= from all periods of history)

    Word Origin

    • preposition Old English dūn, dūne, shortened from adūne ‘downward’, from the phrase of dūne ‘off the hill’.
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