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downstepping

downstepping is the present participle and gerund 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 downstepping

What is downstepping the present participle and gerund of?
Downstepping is the present participle and gerund of downstep.

Words near downstepping in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downstepping (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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