descend

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
2. (transitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
3. (archaic, transitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
4. (intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
5. (intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
6. (intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
7. (intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
9. (intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
10. (historical, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
11. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
12. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
13. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
14. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
15. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
16. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
17. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
18. (figuratively, intransitive, poetic) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
19. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
20. (figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
21. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Senses relating to passing down from a source to another thing.
22. (intransitive) Senses relating to passing down from a source to another thing.
23. (intransitive) Senses relating to passing down from a source to another thing.
24. (intransitive) Senses relating to passing down from a source to another thing.

Noun

Synonym of descent (“instance of descending; sloping incline or passage; way down; decline, etc.”).

Opposite of

ascend, climb, go up, rise

Synonyms

go down

come down

fall

get off

alight

get down

sink

drop

down

derive

climb down

dismount

fall down

get down from

lower

decline

land

come

originate

come from

settle

set

leave

dive

attack

👊

touch down

arise

subside

become lower

deplane

deign

assault

charge

decrease

stem

step

pass on

quit

sink down

step down

condescend

emerge

bring down

inherit

exit

drop down

go out

droop

hand down

disembark

Translations

descendre

scendere

bajar

descender

discendere

absteigen

descer

afdalen

tomber

hinabsteigen

alçalmak

hinuntergehen

baisser

κατεβαίνω

baixar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: descenden

Cognate with French: descendre

In summary

PIE word
*de
The verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”) (modern French descendre), and from their etymon Latin dēscendere, the present active infinitive of dēscendō (“to come or go down, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant; etc.”), from de- (prefix meaning ‘from; down from’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”)).
The noun is derived from the verb.