descend

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des·cend [descend descends descended descending] BrE [dɪˈsend] NAmE [dɪˈsend] verb
1. 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.…
•~ sth She descended the stairs slowly.
Opp: ↑ascend
2. intransitive (formal) (of a hill, etc.)to slope downwards
•At this point the path descends steeply.
Opp: ↑ascend
3. intransitive (literary) (of night, ↑darkness, a mood, etc.)to arrive and begin to affect sb/sth
Syn: ↑fall
•Night descends quickly in the tropics.
•~ on/upon sb/sth Calm descended on the crowd.
Derived: ↑descend into something ▪ ↑descend on somebody ▪ ↑descend to something ▪ ↑descended from somebody
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.

Example Bank:
•The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar.
•The path descends steeply to the town.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fall, settle, condescend, deign, derive, come, go down, come down
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise, ascend