downward slope

collocation in English

meaningsofdownwardandslope

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downward
adjective
uk
/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us
/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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slope
noun[C]
uk
/sləʊp/us
/sloʊp/
a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandslopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such a model would lead to a convex curve, with an increasingdownwardslopeon a log time-log titre scale.
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At that point there is a dramatic drop in correct learning, with the percentage varying between about 20 % and 5 % but having adownwardslope.
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Markheim is a hedonistic man-about-town, at 36 already on adownwardslope.
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Is not this but another indication—typical of what is happening all over the country —of the slide on thedownwardslopeto totalitarianism?
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Interest rates have reached their peak and are now on adownwardslope.
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On adownwardslopewhen demand is decreasing, profit can still be made from providing a good service.
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We could have decided to salvage companies on thedownwardslope.
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We draw the line on thedownwardslopetowards permanent compulsion.
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It was adownwardslopefor the first two quarters of 1970 which led to the election.
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That is adownwardslope, and the recovery was made only in the fourth quarter of 1970.
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The path of concessions is too easy and smooth a path for it to be safe, and always ends in adownwardslope.
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Thedownwardslopeof unrestrained competition and deregulation seems to have no end.
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Now that profits are on thedownwardslope, the price control inevitably pushes them down faster.
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I do not agree, if by the peak he meant that we were on thedownwardslope.
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Once a person gets on thedownwardslope, it is all very well to have sufficient police to grab a man by the collar and stop his downward slide.
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We are on adownwardslope.
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From then on thedownwardslopemade travelling easier, although the terrain was difficult and the weather remained hostile.
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These are identifiable as the spoil heap is on thedownwardslope.
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Thedownwardslopeside of the hill section does not have roadside drains.
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Long extenders and top serifs have adownwardslope.
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