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Uncommondescending
The correct spelling is descending.
How to pronounce descending
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
verbIPA: /dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
Say it like: Des-sen-din-g
The correct spelling is descending. 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. For example: "The rain descended, and the floods came."
Usage Examples
“The rain descended, and the floods came.”
“And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.”
“he descended from his high estate”
Meanings
verb
- 1.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.
- 2.To enter mentally; to retire.
- 3.(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- 4.To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
- 5.To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
noun
- 1.A descent.
adjective
- 1.(of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element.
- 2.That causes a sequence to follow a descending order.
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