verb Download 🔗Share To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc. Examples : "The rain descended, and the floods came." action direction nature physics place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself Examples : "he descended from his high estate" attitude action character moral human society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered. Examples : "The professor descended from a discussion of the history of art to specific examples of Renaissance paintings. " way action process philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To come down, as from a source, original, or stock Examples : "The family descended from a long line of farmers. " family history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To move toward the south, or to the southward. Examples : "The migrating birds descended south for the winter. " direction geography Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. Examples : "The teacher's voice descended as she explained the complicated math problem. " music sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of Examples : "they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder" direction action position geography Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading