downward path

collocation in English

meaningsofdownwardandpath

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downward
adjective
uk
/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us
/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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path
noun[C]
uk
/pɑːθ/us
/pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandpathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But this cannot happen while the body is moving perpendicularly upward, because the line of thedownwardpathis the same as the line of the forced motion.
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Thatdownwardpathhas continued during the last two years.
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That edict set us on thedownwardpathin respect of family life and practices.
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Worse still: it can also lead directly to that damagingdownwardpaththat leads to homelessness, unemployment and crime.
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But it is now on adownwardpathalthough the reductions are relatively small.
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The plans help to keep the budget deficit on a cleardownwardpath, so that the recovery will be sustained.
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If we maintain financial and monetary discipline, we will reduce the rate of inflation and keep it on adownwardpath.
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I expect inflation to resume itsdownwardpathin the second half of the year.
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As soon as we can get inflation on a sustaineddownwardpath, interest rates and mortgages will follow.
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I believe that we can get unemployment firmly on to adownwardpathin the coming years.
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I am glad to see that, despite the recent explosions, the figures are on adownwardpath.
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This is one more step on thedownwardpathinto the miasma.
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I conclude by saying that there are three major anxieties which preoccupy me about thedownwardpathof this country.
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It is now becoming apparent that our policy is working, and inflation will soon be firmly back on adownwardpath.
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This suggests that inflation may now be at its peak rate and will soon be on adownwardpath.
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Indeed, in real terms, domestic prices have been on adownwardpathsince 1982.
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It is clear that inflation is on adownwardpath.
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As surely as you reduce your restrictions the index figure of convictions for drunkenness steadily marks thedownwardpath.
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