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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.
1. : relatively low in position, rank, or order. 2. : southern. lower New York State. 3. : less advanced in the scale of evolutionary development. 4.
Lower definition: to cause to descend; let or put down. See examples of LOWER used in a sentence.
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.
1. Below another in rank, position, or authority. 2. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing: a lower shelf. 3. LowerGeology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named. 4.
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).
[transitive, intransitive] to reduce something or to become less in value, quality, etc. lower something He lowered his voice to a whisper. This drug is used to lower blood pressure.
