descend
desc
ˈdÉĒs
dis
end
ɛnd
end
/dÉĒˈsɛnd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "descend"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to move toward a lower level
Intransitive
to descend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the aircraft prepared for landing, it started to descend toward the runway.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāύāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāϏāĻž, āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļāϧāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be related by blood, typically referring to the lineage or family connection
Transitive: to descend from an ancestor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The genealogist helped the family discover that they descend from a prominent historical figure.
āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļāϞāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĨ¤
03

āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāϏāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to engage in an action or behavior that one perceives as beneath their personal standards of honor or self-respect
Transitive: to descend to an action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Even in the face of criticism, the leader chose not to descend to personal attacks
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“, āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
04

āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to arrive or appear unexpectedly, creating a surprise or disconcerting effect
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the final notes of the music played, a profound stillness seemed to descend over the audience.
āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āύ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻž āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāϏ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

descendant
descendent
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ