down

/daʊn/ adverb, preposition

Translation

LOWER PLACE › towards or in a lower place

altta, alta/aşağı doğru

The kids ran down the hill to the gate. She tripped and fell down. I bent down to have a look.1741

LEVEL/AMOUNT › towards or at a lower level or amount

belli miktarın altında/altına inen

Can you turn the music down? Slow down so they can see us.1602

SURFACE › moving from above and onto a surface

yukarıdan bir yüzeyin üzerine doğru/üzerinde

I sat down and turned on the TV. Put that box down on the floor.1741

DIRECTION › in or towards a particular direction, usually south

güneye doğru/güneyde; aşağı, aşağı doğru

Pete's moved down to London.1741

down the road/river, etc › along or further along the road/river, etc

nehir/yol boyunca

There's another pub further down the street.1723

note/write, etc sth down › to write something on a piece of paper

not almak/tutmak; çalakalem yazmak

Can I just take down your phone number?1190

STOMACH › inside your stomach

mideye doğru/midede

He's had food poisoning and can't keep anything down.1741

be down to sb UK › to be someone's responsibility or decision

(sorumluluk/yükümlülük) ...e düşmek, iş başa düşmek

I've done all I can now, the rest is down to you.1869

come/go down with sth › to become ill

yatağa düşmek; yatak, döşek hasta olmak

The whole family came down with food poisoning.575

down under informal › Australia, or in Australia

Avustralya; Avustralya'da

656

(Definition of down adverbpreposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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