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Adjective descending has 1 sense
- descending - coming down or downward
Antonyms: ascending, acclivitous, rising, uphill, ascendant, ascendent, ascensive, assurgent, highflying, up, upward, scandent
Verb descend has 4 senses
- descend, fall, go down, come down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: ascend, go up
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to descend
- derive, come, descend - come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- condescend, deign, descend - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- fall, descend, settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
--4 is one way to come
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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