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English

Detailed Synonyms for descend in English

descend:

to descend verb (descends, descended, descending)

  1. to descend
    to descend
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
  2. to descend
    to descend; to land; to go down; to come down
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
    • land verb (lands, landed, landing)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • come down verb (comes down, came down, coming down)
  3. to descend
    to descend; to go down
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
  4. to descend
    to descend; to lower; let descent
  5. to descend
    – come as if by falling 1
    to fall; to settle; to descend
    – come as if by falling 1
    • fall verb (falls, fell, falling)
      • Night fell1
      • Silence fell1
    • settle verb (settles, settled, settling)
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
  6. to descend
    – move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 1
    to fall; to descend; to go down; to come down
    – move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 1
    • fall verb (falls, fell, falling)
      • The barometer is falling1
      • The curtain fell on the diva1
      • Her hand went up and then fell again1
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • come down verb (comes down, came down, coming down)
  7. to descend
    – do something that one considers to be below one's dignity 1
    to descend; condescend; deign
    – do something that one considers to be below one's dignity 1
  8. to descend
    – come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example 1
    to derive; to come; to descend
    – come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example 1
    • derive verb (derives, derived, deriving)
    • come verb (comes, came, coming)
      • he comes from humble origins1
    • descend verb (descends, descended, descending)
      • She was descended from an old Italian noble family1

Conjugations for descend:

present
  1. descend
  2. descend
  3. descends
  4. descend
  5. descend
  6. descend
simple past
  1. descended
  2. descended
  3. descended
  4. descended
  5. descended
  6. descended
present perfect
  1. have descended
  2. have descended
  3. has descended
  4. have descended
  5. have descended
  6. have descended
past continuous
  1. was descending
  2. were descending
  3. was descending
  4. were descending
  5. were descending
  6. were descending
future
  1. shall descend
  2. will descend
  3. will descend
  4. shall descend
  5. will descend
  6. will descend
continuous present
  1. am descending
  2. are descending
  3. is descending
  4. are descending
  5. are descending
  6. are descending
subjunctive
  1. be descended
  2. be descended
  3. be descended
  4. be descended
  5. be descended
  6. be descended
diverse
  1. descend!
  2. let's descend!
  3. descended
  4. descending
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "descend":

  1. come as if by falling1
  2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way1
  3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity1
  4. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example1
    • She was descended from an old Italian noble family1

Related Synonyms for descend