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downslopeadverb & adjective

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What does the word downslope mean?

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word downslope. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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How common is the word downslope?

About 0.2occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890	0.0013
1900	0.0022
1910	0.0061
1920	0.017
1930	0.034
1940	0.062
1950	0.12
1960	0.17
1970	0.22
1980	0.24
1990	0.25
2000	0.24
2010	0.23

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How is the word downslope pronounced?

British English

/ˈdaʊnsləʊp/

DOWN-slohp

U.S. English

/ˈdaʊnˌsloʊp/

DOWN-slohp

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Where does the word downslope come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the word downslope is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for downslope is from 1853, in the Athenaeum.

downslope is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: down prep., slope n.1

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Nearby entries

downshoot, n.1686–
downshore, adv. & adj.1719–
downside, n., adv., & adj.a1612–
downside up, adv. & adj.1603–
downsitting, n.1534–
downsize, v.1968–
downsizer, n.1978–
downsizing, n.1975–
downslide, n.1889–
downslope, n.1855–
downslope, adv. & adj.1853–
Downsman, n.1863–
downsome, adj.1888–94
down South, adv. & adj.1722–
downspout, n.1850–
downstage, adv. & adj.1793–
downstairs, adv., adj., & n.1598–
downstart, n.1840–
downstate, adj., n., & adv.1888–
downstater, n.1906–
downsteepy, adj.1603–1914

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Entry history for downslope, adv. & adj.

downslope, adv. & adj. was revised in December 2018.

downslope, adv. & adj. was last modified in July 2023.

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Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into downslope, adv. & adj. in July 2023.

Earlier versions of this entry were published in:

A Supplement to the OED, Volume I (1972)

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OED Second Edition (1989)

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Nearby entries

downshoot, n.1686–
downshore, adv. & adj.1719–
downside, n., adv., & adj.a1612–
downside up, adv. & adj.1603–
downsitting, n.1534–
downsize, v.1968–
downsizer, n.1978–
downsizing, n.1975–
downslide, n.1889–
downslope, n.1855–
downslope, adv. & adj.1853–
Downsman, n.1863–
downsome, adj.1888–94
down South, adv. & adj.1722–
downspout, n.1850–
downstage, adv. & adj.1793–
downstairs, adv., adj., & n.1598–
downstart, n.1840–
downstate, adj., n., & adv.1888–
downstater, n.1906–
downsteepy, adj.1603–1914

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