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verb
- 1. move or fall downwards: "the aircraft began to descend" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards: "a side road descended into the forest" Similar
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DESCEND definition: 1. to go or come down: 2. If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night…. Learn more.
1. : to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one. descended from the platform. 2. : to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive. descends from the general to the specific. 3. a. : to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive. descends from an old merchant family. b. : to pass by inheritance.
In its simplest sense, descend means to go or move downward, but there are a couple of subtle variations on this theme. Yes, a bird can descend from the sky, but also, humans are descended from prehistoric ancestors.
Descend definition: to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down. See examples of DESCEND used in a sentence.
1. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down: I descended the staircase into the basement. 2. To extend or proceed downward along: a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves. Idiom: be descended from.
descend in British English. (dɪˈsɛnd ) verb (mainly intr) 1. (also tr) to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc) 2. (of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline. 3. to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall.
verb. us / dɪˈsend / uk / dɪˈsend / descend verb (POSITION) Add to word list. B2 [ I or T ] formal. to go or come down: The path descended steeply into the valley. Jane descended the stairs. [ I ] literary. If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night. Fewer examples.
Definition of descend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To move from a higher to a lower place; come down or go down. To pass from an earlier to a later time, from greater to less, from general to particular, etc. To slope or extend downward. To be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation. He descends from Norwegian immigrants.
descend meaning, definition, what is descend: to move from a higher level to a lower o...: Learn more.
