Слово англійською: descend
Дієслово
Переклад descend українською: спусти́тися (переміща́тися ни́жче), зни́жуватися, па́дати, опуска́тися (літа́к і т. д.), знижа́ти (літа́к і т. д.), похо́дити з ко́го (з селя́н і т. д.)
Детальний опис
- [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
- [intransitive] (formal) (of a hill, etc.) to slope downwards
- At this point the path descends steeply.
opposite ascend
- [intransitive] (literary) (of night, darkness, a mood, etc.) to arrive and begin to affect somebody/something synonym fall
- Night descends quickly in the tropics.
- descend on/upon somebody/something Calm descended on the crowd.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.
Phrasal Verbs- be descended from
- descend into
- descend on
- descend to
- descend upon