lower
Aussprache: [/ˈloʊ.ɚ/]
Wort
Kontext: „position or level“
(verb) to move something or someone to a position that is not as high as before. Like when you bring your hand down from the sky to the ground.
Beispiel
She lowered the flag to honor the fallen soldiers.
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He did not lower his voice, so everyone could hear his conversation.
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Can you lower the volume of the music, please?
Kontext: „quantity or value“
(adjective) not as high or tall, less than something else. If you have two mountains and one is shorter than the other, it is lower.
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The lower shelf is where we keep the heavier books.
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The higher price turned away many customers, but the lower one attracted more.
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Which number is lower, ten or twenty?
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