The meaning of DESCEND is to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one. How to use descend in a sentence.

To arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming manner: summer tourists descending on the seashore village. 1. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down: I descended the staircase into the …

DESCEND definition: to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down. See examples of descend used in a sentence.

DESCEND definition: 1. to go or come down: 2. If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night….

When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it. All the other ingredients, including water, have to be listed in descending …

There is a flat place where the road first reaches the top of the hill—a stretch of about a hundred yards or so before it starts descending again, into the valley.

Definition of descend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.