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verb /ˈləʊə(r)/
/ˈləʊər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they lower | /ˈləʊə(r)/ /ˈləʊər/ |
| he / she / it lowers | /ˈləʊəz/ /ˈləʊərz/ |
| past simple lowered | /ˈləʊəd/ /ˈləʊərd/ |
| past participle lowered | /ˈləʊəd/ /ˈləʊərd/ |
| -ing form lowering | /ˈləʊərɪŋ/ /ˈləʊərɪŋ/ |
- [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.
- to lower the rate/cost/price/level of something
- Her voice lowered as she spoke.
- The company may be forced to lower prices in order to stay competitive.
- a proposal to lower the voting age to 16
- The company has lowered its expectations for profits this year.
- We are not prepared to lower our academic standards.
- Mild exercise three times a week significantly lowers your risk of cancer.
- The drives were allowed to idle until the temperatures lowered and stabilized.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- gradually
- …
- into
- onto
- to
- …
- [transitive] to let or make something/somebody go down
- lower something He had to lower his head to get through the door.
- She lowered her newspaper and looked around.
- lower something/somebody + adv./prep. They lowered him down the cliff on a rope.
- The coffin is lowered into the grave and covered with earth.
Extra Examples- Cristina blushed and quickly lowered her eyes.
- He carefully lowered the sleeping child onto the bed.
- She lowered herself into the driver's seat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- gradually
- …
- into
- onto
- to
- …
Idioms
lower the bar
- to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance
- In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas.
lower yourself (by doing something)
- (usually used in negative sentences) to behave in a way that makes other people respect you less synonym demean
- I wouldn't lower myself by working for him.
raise/lower your sights
- to expect more/less from a situation
- If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little.
- After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop.
raise/lower the temperature
- to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation
- His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting.
- The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands.