English-Finnish translations for downward

• alaspäin
  Kasvuennusteita tarkistetaan jatkuvasti alaspäin. Growth forecasts are increasingly revised downwards.
  IMF:n ennusteita on jälleen tarkistettu alaspäin. The IMF's forecasts have once again been revised downwards.
  Väkivallan alaspäin johtava kierre pyörii yhä kiivaammin. The downward spiral of violence is turning faster and faster.
• laskeva
  Korkea työttömyys Euroopan unionissa aiheuttaa meille kaikille huolta erityisesti nyt, kun laskeva suuntaus ei tunnu jatkuvan. High unemployment in the European Union concerns all of us, especially now that the downward trend does not seem to be persisting.
  Unionissa toimivien merenkulkijoiden työllisyystilanne on kuitenkin samanaikaisesti heikentynyt ja työpaikkojen määrän suunta on jatkuvasti laskeva. At the same time, however, working conditions for seafarers in the Union have deteriorated and employment is showing a consistently downward trend.

Definition of downward

• Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value
• At a lower level
• southward
• Moving, sloping or oriented downward
• Located at a lower level

Examples

• His position in society moved ever downward.
• The natural disasters put downward pressure on the creditworthiness of the nation’s insurance groups.
• He spoke with a downward glance.

Related words

• downwards
• downwardly
• downward downwards
• downward current
• downward slope
• downward bulge
• move downward