descend

verb

de·scend di-ˈsend How to pronounce descend (audio)

dē-

descended; descending; descends

intransitive verb

: to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one

descended from the platform

: to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive

descends from the general to the specific

: to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive

descends from an old merchant family

: to pass by inheritance

a desk that has descended in the family

: to pass by transmission

songs descended from old ballads

: to incline, lead, or extend downward

the road descends to the river

physiology : to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain

… lesions that interrupt the descending pathways from the cortex or brain stem produce weakness in voluntary movements …—

Claude Ghez and John Krakauer

: to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)

a hawk descending upon its prey

: to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above

reporters descended on the candidate

: to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent

Their scores were listed in descending order.

: to lower oneself in status or dignity : stoop

: to worsen and sink in condition or estimation

He descended into a deep depression.

descended to poverty

descend into chaos

: to pass from higher to lower musical notes

The harmony descends chromatically.

transitive verb

: to pass, move, or climb down or down along

descending the staircase

: to extend down along

a narrow scar descended her arm

descendible

di-ˈsen-də-bəl How to pronounce descend (audio)

dē-

adjective

Example Sentences

Wait for the elevator to descend. The workers descended into the hole. A herd of goats descended into the valley. The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon. Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it. The children descended the staircase silently. The path descends to the river. The stairs descended into the tunnel. See More

Recent Examples on the Web The park takes its name from the Grand Staircase plateaus that descend like giant stone steps across southern Utah and the sinuous Escalante Canyons carved by streams flowing into the Colorado River watershed. —

Joe Yogerst, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022 For the 73rd consecutive year, dozens of the top college football players in the country descend upon Mobile for the annual all-star game and NFL draft showcase. —

Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 30 Jan. 2023 The country trio will descend upon Las Vegas’ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for six nights this spring. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023 In late March, a heaving mass of denim and leather will once again descend upon Houston’s White Oak Music Hall for the annual Hell’s Heroes festival. —

Brad Sanders, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023 On Friday, the old rugby team will descend upon Tucanos Brazilian Grill in Provo. —

Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022 The search for him saw groups of officers descend upon the city's streets, flash bangs deployed, special cameras used to search the sewers and a shelter-in-place order for parts of Indiana University Bloomington. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022 Each year more than six million visitors descend upon Munich, site of the original and longest-running Oktoberfest. —

Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022 The movie opens innocently enough; a group of six girlfriends descend upon an ultra-narrow cavern system, only to discover their being chased and hunted by things that aren't entirely human. —

Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 See More

Kids Definition

descend

verb

de·scend di-ˈsend How to pronounce descend (audio)

: to pass from a higher to a lower place or level

: to originate or come down from a source : derive

descended from an ancient family

: to be handed down to an heir or from an earlier time

the mansion descended to a son

a custom descended from ancient times

: to incline, lead, or extend downward

the road descends to the river

: to pass, move, or climb down or down along

: to make a sudden attack by or as if by swooping down

: to sink in status, dignity, or condition

descended

verb

past tense of descend

as in fell

to lead or extend downward the pathway descends to the river bank

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

fell
plunged
dropped
sank
sunk
dipped
leaned
sloped
declined
tipped
tilted
inclined
angled
listed
cocked
heeled
slanted
reclined
canted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ascended
climbed
rose
mounted
arose
upturned
flattened
straightened
uprose
levelled
smoothed
leveled
upswept
planed
evened

as in deteriorated

to become worse or of less value the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

deteriorated
crumbled
worsened
declined
sank
sunk
degenerated
fell
devolved
ebbed
diminished
retrograded
decayed
regressed
disintegrated
receded
rotted
weakened
atrophied
dwindled
sagged
ran to seed
decomposed
slipped
waned
went to pot
reduced
went to seed
degraded
abated
soured
downsized
undermined
drooped
corrupted
lowered
moldered
dilapidated
languished
lessened
spoiled
putrefied
failed
lagged
debilitated
flagged
de-escalated
spoilt
broke down
ran down
wilted
wasted (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

improved
marched
proceeded
intensified
upgraded
ameliorated
developed
meliorated
progressed
heightened
enriched
strengthened
enhanced
fortified
bettered
advanced

as in plunged

to go to a lower level especially abruptly leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind wait for the elevator to descend

Synonyms & Similar Words

fell
plunged
dipped
tumbled
declined
dropped
plummeted
sank
sunk
skidded
crashed
dived
dove
lowered
decreased
retreated
subsided
cratered
nose-dived
diminished
dwindled
drooped
ebbed
receded
abated
waned
lessened
moderated
tapered off
let up
died (down)
de-escalated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ascended
lifted
rose
arose
mounted
soared
spiked
built
upped
grew
increased
swelled
intensified
accumulated
expanded
escalated
mushroomed
enlarged
burgeoned
ballooned
waxed
snowballed
picked up
bourgeoned

as in disembarked

to come down from something (as a vehicle) the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit

Synonyms & Similar Words

disembarked
dismounted
alighted
lit
alit
lighted
deplaned
detrained
got down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

embarked
mounted
boarded
climbed (aboard)
entrained
emplaned
enplaned
got in

单词	descended
释义	descend verb de·scend di-ˈsend dē- descended; descending; descends intransitive verb 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 a desk that has descended in the family c : to pass by transmission songs descended from old ballads 4 a : to incline, lead, or extend downward the road descends to the river b physiology : to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain … lesions that interrupt the descending pathways from the cortex or brain stem produce weakness in voluntary movements …—Claude Ghez and John Krakauer 5 a : to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack) a hawk descending upon its prey b : to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above reporters descended on the candidate 6 : to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent Their scores were listed in descending order. 7 a : to lower oneself in status or dignity : stoop b : to worsen and sink in condition or estimation He descended into a deep depression. descended to poverty descend into chaos c : to pass from higher to lower musical notes The harmony descends chromatically. transitive verb 1 : to pass, move, or climb down or down along descending the staircase 2 : to extend down along a narrow scar descended her arm descendible di-ˈsen-də-bəl dē- adjective Synonyms decline dip drop fall plunge sink See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Wait for the elevator to descend. The workers descended into the hole. A herd of goats descended into the valley. The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon. Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it. The children descended the staircase silently. The path descends to the river. The stairs descended into the tunnel. See More Recent Examples on the Web The park takes its name from the Grand Staircase plateaus that descend like giant stone steps across southern Utah and the sinuous Escalante Canyons carved by streams flowing into the Colorado River watershed. —Joe Yogerst, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022 For the 73rd consecutive year, dozens of the top college football players in the country descend upon Mobile for the annual all-star game and NFL draft showcase. —Creg Stephenson \| Cstephenson@al.com, al, 30 Jan. 2023 The country trio will descend upon Las Vegas’ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for six nights this spring. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023 In late March, a heaving mass of denim and leather will once again descend upon Houston’s White Oak Music Hall for the annual Hell’s Heroes festival. —Brad Sanders, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023 On Friday, the old rugby team will descend upon Tucanos Brazilian Grill in Provo. —Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022 The search for him saw groups of officers descend upon the city's streets, flash bangs deployed, special cameras used to search the sewers and a shelter-in-place order for parts of Indiana University Bloomington. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022 Each year more than six million visitors descend upon Munich, site of the original and longest-running Oktoberfest. —Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022 The movie opens innocently enough; a group of six girlfriends descend upon an ultra-narrow cavern system, only to discover their being chased and hunted by things that aren't entirely human. —Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- + scandere to climb — more at scan First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3b Phrases Containing descend descend from descend/sink/stoop to someone's level descend to descend from descend/sink/stoop to someone's level descend to Kids Definition descend verb de·scend di-ˈsend 1 : to pass from a higher to a lower place or level 2 a : to originate or come down from a source : derive descended from an ancient family b : to be handed down to an heir or from an earlier time the mansion descended to a son a custom descended from ancient times 3 a : to incline, lead, or extend downward the road descends to the river b : to pass, move, or climb down or down along 4 : to make a sudden attack by or as if by swooping down 5 : to sink in status, dignity, or condition Medical Definition descend intransitive verb de·scend di-ˈsend : to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one normally the testicle descends into the scrotum between the seventh and ninth month in utero—Therapeutic Notes Legal Definition descend intransitive verb de·scend di-ˈsend : to pass by inheritance descendibility -ˌsen-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun descendible -ˈsen-də-bəl adjective descended verb past tense of descend 1 as in fell to lead or extend downward the pathway descends to the river bank Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fell plunged dropped sank sunk dipped leaned sloped declined tipped tilted inclined angled listed cocked heeled slanted reclined canted Antonyms & Near Antonyms ascended climbed rose mounted arose upturned flattened straightened uprose levelled smoothed leveled upswept planed evened See More 2 as in deteriorated to become worse or of less value the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room Synonyms & Similar Words deteriorated crumbled worsened declined sank sunk degenerated fell devolved ebbed diminished retrograded decayed regressed disintegrated receded rotted weakened atrophied dwindled sagged ran to seed decomposed slipped waned went to pot reduced went to seed degraded abated soured downsized undermined drooped corrupted lowered moldered dilapidated languished lessened spoiled putrefied failed lagged debilitated flagged de-escalated spoilt broke down ran down wilted wasted (away) Antonyms & Near Antonyms improved marched proceeded intensified upgraded ameliorated developed meliorated progressed heightened enriched strengthened enhanced fortified bettered advanced See More 3 as in plunged to go to a lower level especially abruptly leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind wait for the elevator to descend Synonyms & Similar Words fell plunged dipped tumbled declined dropped plummeted sank sunk skidded crashed dived dove lowered decreased retreated subsided cratered nose-dived diminished dwindled drooped ebbed receded abated waned lessened moderated tapered off let up died (down) de-escalated Antonyms & Near Antonyms ascended lifted rose arose mounted soared spiked built upped grew increased swelled intensified accumulated expanded escalated mushroomed enlarged burgeoned ballooned waxed snowballed picked up bourgeoned See More 4 as in disembarked to come down from something (as a vehicle) the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit Synonyms & Similar Words disembarked dismounted alighted lit alit lighted deplaned detrained got down Antonyms & Near Antonyms embarked mounted boarded climbed (aboard) entrained emplaned enplaned got in See More
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