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lower

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə/

The English word “lower” has 16 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
  2. Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
  3. Older.

verb

  1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
  2. To pull down.
  3. To reduce the height of.
  4. To depress as to direction.
  5. To make less elevated.
  6. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.
  7. To bring down; to humble.
  8. To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
  9. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
  10. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
  11. To decrease in value, amount, etc.
  12. To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

noun

  1. A bicycle suspension fork component.

Etymology

From low + -er (comparative suffix).

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