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descending
UK
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
US
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
UK
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
US
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
More precise classification; present participle functioning adjectivally.
Translations
The descending staircase was steep and narrow.
Нисходящая лестница была крутой и узкой.
Additional translations
Definitions
The descending path led us to the base of the mountain.
The list was arranged in descending order of importance.
Antonyms
descendings
pl
UK
/dɪˈsendɪŋ/
US
/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/
Gerund use, denoting the act or process of moving downward.
Definitions
The descending of the hikers took nearly the whole afternoon.
descending
Gerund
descended
Past Simple
descended
Past Participle
descending
Gerund
UK
/dɪˈsɛnd/
US
/dɪˈsɛnd/
Translations
The elevator will descend to the ground floor.
Лифт опустится на первый этаж.
The hikers began to descend the mountain as the sun set.
Альпинисты начали спускаться с горы, когда солнце село.
The plane started to descend as it approached the airport.
Самолет начал снижаться, когда приближался к аэропорту.
Additional translations
Definitions
The airplane began to descend as it approached the airport.
The hikers decided to descend the mountain before nightfall.
The situation began to descend into chaos as the crowd grew restless.
She claims to descend from a long line of artists.
The road descends steeply to the valley floor.
Reporters descended on the celebrity as soon as she left the courthouse.
Silence descended over the courtroom after the verdict was read.