Meaning

17 senses
  1. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

    go down to the grave

    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

  2. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

    (intransitive)Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.

    It'll be cooler once the sun goes down.

    disappear beyond the horizon

  3. (intransitive)To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.

    The unemployment rate has gone down significantly in recent months.

    abnehmen

    снижа́тьсяsnižátʹsja, сни́зитьсяsnízitʹsja, уменьша́тьсяumenʹšátʹsja

  4. (intransitive)To fall (down); to fall to the floor.

    The boxer went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin.

  5. (intransitive)To crash.

    The plane went down thirty miles from shore.

  6. To sink.

    SMS Pommern went down with all hands at Jutland.

  7. (intransitive)To be received or accepted.

    The news didn't go down well with her parents.

  8. To be received or accepted.

    (UK, colloquial, intransitive)To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.

    That meal went down a treat.

  9. (intransitive)To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.

    Rodney's not here; after the shootout, he went down and won't be back for at least a year.

  10. (intransitive)To be recorded or remembered (as).

    Today will go down as a monumental failure.

    запо́мнитьсяzapómnitʹsja

    be recorded or remembered

  11. (intransitive, slang)To take place, happen.

    abgehen, passieren

    происходи́тьproisxodítʹ

  12. (intransitive, slang)To attack another gang.

Examples

667 sentences
  1. I don't see prices going down.

    Я не бачу, щоб ціни падали. — deniko

    ruЯ не вижу, чтобы цены падали. — marafon

  2. You should go and lie down.

    Тобі треба піти й полежати. — Ahha

  3. Are you going to cut down all these trees?

    Ти зрубаєш усі ці дерева? — deniko

    ruТы собираешься срубить все эти деревья? — marafon

  4. As soon as he took the medicine, his fever went down.

    Щойно він прийняв ліки, як жар почав спадати. — ChickenKiev

    deSobald er die Medizin genommen hatte, senkte sich sein Fieber. — Tamy

  5. Go straight down this street and turn right at the third light.

    Їдьте прямо цією вулицею і поверніть праворуч на третьому світлофорі. — aandrusiak

    ruИдите по этой улице прямо и на третьем светофоре сверните направо. — sharptoothed

    deGehen Sie diese Straße entlang geradeaus und biegen Sie an der dritten Ampel rechts ab. — Zaghawa

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
descend:
Русский
By meaning 4
descend:
decrease:
be remembered:
happen:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
descend:
decrease:
happen:

Forms

goes down, going down, went down, gone down
Base formgo down · to go down
3rd person singulargoes down
Present participlegoing down
Past simplewent down
Past participlegone down

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo down
he, she, itgoes down

Past simpleLesson

all personswent down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone down
he, she, ithas gone down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go down

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
setA1to disappear below the horizon
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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