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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

downglide en · NOUN

Etymology

From down + glide.

Meanings

  1. A downward glide.
    • Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides. 2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56:

Forms

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downglides Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

upglide