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- Dictionarylower/ˈləʊə/
adjective
- 1. less high in position: "the lower levels of the building" Similar Opposite
- 2. situated on less high land or towards the sea: "the union of Upper and Lower Egypt"
adverb
- 1. in or into a lower position: "the sun sank lower"
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LOWER definition: 1. to move something into a low position: 2. to reduce something: 3. to make something worse than…. Learn more.
Lower definition: to cause to descend; let or put down. See examples of LOWER used in a sentence.
1. : relatively low in position, rank, or order.
You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things. Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers. The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision. The higher orders of society must rule the lower.
LOWER definition: 1. being the bottom part of something: 2. to move something to a low position: 3. to reduce the…. Learn more.
To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up).
n. 1. A threatening, sullen, or angry look. 2. A dark or stormy appearance: the lower of thunderheads. [Middle English louren .] low′er·ing·ly adv. low·er 2. (lō′ər) adj. Comparative of low 2. 1. Below another in rank, position, or authority. 2. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing: a lower shelf. 3.
