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Definition of low noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

low

noun
 
/ləʊ/
 
/ləʊ/
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    level/value

  1. a low level or point; a low figure
    • The temperature reached a record low in London last night.
    • The government's popularity has hit a new low.
    • at a low The yen is at an all-time low against the dollar.
    • Interest rates are at historic lows.
    • to a low to sink/plunge/plummet to a new low
    • to fall/drop to a five-year low
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-time
    • new
    • record
    verb + low
    • fall to
    • hit
    • reach
    preposition
    • at a low
    phrases
    • highs and lows
    See full entry
  2. difficult time

  3. a very difficult time in somebody’s life or career
    • The break-up of her marriage marked an all-time low in her life.
    • We all experience highs and lows in life.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-time
    • new
    • record
    verb + low
    • fall to
    • hit
    • reach
    preposition
    • at a low
    phrases
    • highs and lows
    See full entry
  4. weather

  5. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere
    • Another low is moving in from the Atlantic.
    opposite highTopics Weatherc2
  6. Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old Norse lágr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laag, also to lie.
Idioms
sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low
  1. to behave in a worse way than ever before
    • The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy.
    • Reality TV has sunk to new lows.
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