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The meaning of DESCEND is to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one. How to use descend in a sentence.
DESCEND definition: 1. to go or come down: 2. If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night…. Learn more.
to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond. to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family: The title descends through eldest sons.
1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3. to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. 4. to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond.
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.
Synonyms for DESCEND: fall, plunge, slope, sink, drop, dip, lean, decline; Antonyms of DESCEND: rise, ascend, climb, arise, mount, plane, straighten, flatten
Check pronunciation: descend. Definition of descend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
