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Bookmark or Share- DESCEND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryverb. uk / dɪˈsend / us / dɪˈsend / descend verb (POSITION) Add to word list 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.
- Descended - definition of descended by The Free Dictionary1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. 2. To slope, extend, or incline downward: "A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain" (J.R.R. Tolkien). 3. a. To be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation: He descends from Norwegian immigrants. b.
- descend verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...verb. /dɪˈsend/ Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to come or go down from a higher to a lower level. The plane began to descend. The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows… descend something She descended the stairs slowly. opposite ascend. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
- Descend Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : 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.
- DESCEND Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto 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.
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