Descend

//dɪˈsɛnd//

Synonyms for "descend" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (50)

Noun(1 words)
descent

Related words (82)

Verb(1 words)
settle

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

7 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

7 entries

derived

15 entries

has context

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

2 entries

similar

4 entries

Translations

192 translations across 75 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • afgaan verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Albanian

4 entries
  • bie verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • bie verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • bien verb (of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.))
  • ulem verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καταβαίνω verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Arabic

4 entries
  • نزل verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • نزل verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • نَزَلَ verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • هبط verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Armenian

1 entries
  • իջնել verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • dipun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • versu verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • enmək verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • çökmək verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Balinese

1 entries
  • tuun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Bangi

1 entries
  • sunda verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))

Bashkir

1 entries
  • төшөү verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • спуска́цца verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • спусці́цца verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • налитам verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)
  • нахвърлям се verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)
  • предавам се по наследство verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)
  • произлизам verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆင်း verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Catalan

1 entries
  • descendir verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • akkowa verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 下 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • 下降 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • 降 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Czech

1 entries
  • sestoupit verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afdalen verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • afstammen verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)
  • neerdalen verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • h-A-D54 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • profundiĝi verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • profundiĝi verb (to come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality)

Estonian

4 entries
  • alanduma verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • langema verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • laskuma verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • madalduma verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alentua verb (to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend)
  • alentua verb (to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch)
  • kulkea verb (of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child)
  • langeta verb (to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience)

French

3 entries
  • descendre verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • descendre verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descendre verb (to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch)

Friulian

1 entries
  • dismontâ verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

German

4 entries
  • abstammen verb (of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child)
  • absteigen verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • herabsteigen verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • herunterkommen verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Greek

1 entries
  • κατεβαίνω verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יָרַד verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Hindi

1 entries
  • उतरना verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • lemegy verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • lemegy verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Ido

1 entries
  • decensar verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • turun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Irish

4 entries
  • síolaigh verb (of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child)
  • ísligh verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • ísligh verb (to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend)
  • ísligh verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)

Italian

2 entries
  • discendere verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • scendere verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 降りる verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • 降下する verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Javanese

1 entries
  • mudhun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចុះ verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Kituba

2 entries
  • kita verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • kukita verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Korean

3 entries
  • 내려가다 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • 내려오다 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • 내리다 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Lao

1 entries
  • ລົງ verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Latin

1 entries
  • descendō verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Lingala

3 entries
  • kita verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • kita verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • sunda verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))

Lombard

1 entries
  • andà giò verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Malay

1 entries
  • turun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Maltese

1 entries
  • niżel verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • ushuka verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Māori

2 entries
  • makere verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • marere verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Norman

1 entries
  • d'scendre verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Northwestern Ojibwa

1 entries
  • ondoode verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)

Occitan

3 entries
  • davalar verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descendre verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descénder verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Oromo

1 entries
  • bu'uu verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آشاغیلامق verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Polish

4 entries
  • schodzić verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • zejść verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • zniżać się verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • zniżyć się verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abaixar verb (to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • baixar verb (to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • baixar verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descender verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Quechua

2 entries
  • bahay verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • uray verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Romanian

3 entries
  • coborî verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descinde verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)
  • proveni verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)

Russian

4 entries
  • напа́сть verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)
  • напада́ть verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)
  • обру́шиваться verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)
  • обру́шиться verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pòticati verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)
  • pòtjecati verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)
  • spùstiti se verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • spúštati se verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • dirra verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тӱжер verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bajar verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descender verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • descender verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • descender verb (to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kushuka verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bumaba verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இறங்கு verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Tetum

1 entries
  • tun verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลง verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kārp verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Turkish

4 entries
  • alçalmak verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • inmek verb (to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something))
  • inmek verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • saldırmak verb (to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎊𐎗𐎄 verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • спуска́тися verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • спусти́тися verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • xuống verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Walloon

2 entries
  • adschinde verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • dischinde verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Welsh

1 entries
  • disgyn verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • dale verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
  • ôfdale verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • ԝесак verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַראָפּגיין verb (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

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Let's descend the slope.

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I didn't expect his behavior to descend to such a disagreeable level.

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Humans descend from apes.

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Tom started to descend the stairs.

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