lowering

Other forms of lowering

plural

lowerings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lowering

What does lowering mean?

lowering means "the act of causing to become less". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lowering?

lowering has 3 syllables: lo-we-ring. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈloʊɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for lowering?

Close synonyms include letting down, heavy, sullen, threatening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lowering a common word?

lowering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.