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adjective
- 1. moving or sloping downwards: "a rocky descending path"
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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.
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. She descended the sweeping staircase into the crowd of photographers and journalists.
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.
Definition of descend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of descending. adjective. coming down or downward. synonyms: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping. sloping down rather steeply. degressive. going down by steps. descendant, descendent. going or coming down. down, downward. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. downward-arching. curving downward. drizzling.
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.
descending. (dɪsendɪŋ ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it. All the other ingredients, including water, have to be listed in descending order by weight. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
verb. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. synonyms: come down, fall, go down. see more. lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.
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. She descended the sweeping staircase into the crowd of photographers and journalists.
DESCENDING definition: 1. used to refer to a body part that is in a downward direction: 2. used to refer to a body part…. Learn more.
