downhill
The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiingThe fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
» How could things have gone downhill so fast?
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2 senses(uncountable)The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
Abfahrt
(countable)A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
- a ski race down a trail
- the downward slope of a hill
Examples
48 sentencesHow could things have gone downhill so fast?
It's usually faster to walk downhill than uphill.
deBergab geht gewöhnlich schneller als bergauf. — Waldelfe
I like downhill skiing better than cross-country skiing.
Things just kept going downhill from there.
ruС тех пор дела становились всё хуже. — whatnot
Water flows downhill.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From down- + hill.From down- + hill.
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Forms
plural: downhillsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.