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   lower

   /ˈləʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. less high in position: "the lower levels of the building" Similar bottombottommostunderunderneathfurther downbeneathnetherOpposite topupperhigher
   • ▪ less high in status or amount: "managers lower down the hierarchy" Similar subordinateinferiorlesserjuniorminorsecondarylower-levellower-gradesubsidiaryancillarysecond-fiddlesubservientsecond-classsecond-ratecheaperreduceddecreasedlessenedcurtailedprunedcutslashedOpposite upperseniorhigherincreased
   • ▪ (of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics.
   • 2. situated on less high land or towards the sea: "the union of Upper and Lower Egypt"
   • ▪ situated to the south: "Lower California"
   • 3. denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited: "Lower Cretaceous"

   adverb

   • 1. in or into a lower position: "the sun sank lower"

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

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   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

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   • R

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLOWER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › lowerLower Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : to look sullen : frown. 2. : to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening. an overcast sky lowered over the village. lower. 2 of 4. noun. variants or less commonly lour. : frown. lower. 3 of 4. adjective. low· er ˈlō-ər. 1. : relatively low in position, rank, or order.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › lowerLOWER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Lower definition: to cause to descend; let or put down. See examples of LOWER used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLOWER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › lowerLower - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   lower. Other forms: lowered; lowering; lowers. 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).

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › lowerLower - definition of lower by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Below another in rank, position, or authority. 2. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing: a lower shelf. 3. Lower Geology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named. 4.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishLOWER | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   LOWER definition: 1. being the bottom part of something: 2. to move something to a low position: 3. to reduce the…. Learn more.