descend

[US]/dɪˈsend/
[UK]/dɪˈsend/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. move or fall downwards; come or go down; be inherited; condescend
vt. go down; move or extend downwards

Phrases & Collocations

descend from

descend on

descend upon

Example Sentences

the argument descends into burlesque.

The moon is descending down.

be descended from ...

The path descends steeply to the village.

A regiment of foot are descending the hill.

the vehicle descended a ramp.

a side road descended into the forest.

the army had descended into chaos.

the militia descended on Rye.

The river descends to the sea.

in descending order of importance

He descended from the tower.

He descended into a cellar.

a tradition descending from colonial days.

He then descends to chop suey.

The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.

the mineshaft descended deep into the bowels of the earth.

he was scrupulous in refusing to descend to misrepresentation.

an air of gloom descended on Labour party headquarters.

Real-world Examples

Eventually, their civilisation descended into chaos and warfare.

Source: "BBC Documentary: The South Pacific"

Repeat! Attach! Descend! Pay out line. Whoa, girl!

Source: Charlotte's Web

How was she ever to descend?

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

All eyes on me as I descend on a blood diamond Chandelier.

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

So I can descend to considerable depths.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

I'm descended from the third brother!

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The wild horses are largely descended from those brought by Europeans hundreds of years ago.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

Every summer, they descend on Simon's Town, South Africa.

Source: Animal World

Catalan adventurer, Aniol Serrasolses, descended the 20-meter ice waterfall in Svalbard archipelago in Norway.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Both of the septal and anterior regions are served by the left anterior descending artery.

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

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