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descend
[ dih-send ]
verb (used without object)
- to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down:
to descend from the mountaintop.
- to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
- to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
- to slope, tend, or lead downward:
The path descends to the pond.
- to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:
The title descends through eldest sons.
- to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from ):
He is descended from Cromwell.
- to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission:
This festival descends from a druidic rite.
- to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on or upon ):
Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.
- to settle, as a cloud or vapor.
- to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.:
Jupiter descended to humankind.
- to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on or upon ):
to descend upon enemy soldiers.
- to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard:
He would never descend to baseness.
- Astronomy. to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star.
verb (used with object)
- to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).
- to extend or lead down along:
The path descends the hill.
descend
/ ɪˈɛԻ /
verb
- also tr to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
- (of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
- to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
- often foll by from to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
- to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
- to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
- often foll byon or upon to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way
their relatives descended upon them last week
- (of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ի·Բ· adverb
- ··Ի verb
- ··Ի verb
- ܲ··Ի·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of descend1
Example Sentences
The new fare options — Choice Extra, Choice Preferred, Choice and Basic, in descending price order — will be available for purchase in the third quarter of this year for flights scheduled in 2026, the airline said.
When this reporter descended the stage stairs to the dance floor, a security guard offered their hand for support.
He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons - a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes for better traction.
And in the Antelope Valley, they will descend into the low 50s.
The VIPs are sat in a separate section from the hundreds of thousands of members of the public who have descended on Rome for the event.
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