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downstepped

downstepped is the simple past and past participle of downstep.

Meaning of downstep

Verb

downstep (third-person singular simple present downsteps, present participle downstepping, simple past and past participle downstepped)

  1. To apply a downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

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Questions about downstepped

What is downstepped the simple past and past participle of?
Downstepped is the simple past and past participle of downstep.

Words near downstepped in the dictionary

  1. downstaters
  2. downstates
  3. downstats
  4. downsteepy
  5. downstep
  6. downstepped
  7. downstepping
  8. downsteps
  9. downstream
  10. downstreamed
  11. downstreamer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downstepped (page history and authors); downstep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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