descent
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3.7
- noun
- /dɪˈsɛnt/
:
descenso
- After hours of climbing, we finally started our descent down the mountain trail.
- descent into chaos
And it's just this kind of slow descent again, like life is really hard.
- And it's just this kind of slow descent again, like life is really hard.
- Then the crews will start their descent back toward Earth.
- Fun fact, if you feel like peeing on an airplane and they're saying they're going to start the descent soon, go.
- The slow descent into complete self censorship and a life lined with egg shells.
- We started our final descent and it will be your last descent.
- Like what did losing spark the the descent Into Darkness, or was it something else?
- They did slowly begin their descent Into Darkness.
- And that's called, you know, gradient descent.
Examples
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We're now at 2,000 feet beginning our descent.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin our descent into Phuket Airport.
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Behind them, our boys began their descent back to reality.
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Then the crews will start their descent back toward Earth.
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We have begun our descent.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we're beginning our descent into Fiumicino airport in Rome.
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I have you at 4,000 feet, rate of descent 500 feet a minute.
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The sun is beginning its descent, and the sky is taking on a reddish tint.
Fiction book (1993) -
Man and dog started their descent down the twilit reach of the ridge's other side.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're beginning our descent.
Synonyms
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1.0
A drop from a higher to a lower level
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1.4
A part of land that goes up or down like the side of a hill
41
5.3
A steep high face of rock, like a cliff
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4.2
A slope on a road or railway that goes down
20
4.0
A steep sudden fall from a higher to a lower level
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4.2
A sloping surface that connects different levels
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3.5
A downward slope in the ground or surface
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5.5
A very steep edge of land or rock
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3.7
The part of a hill that slopes down to a lower level
2
8.5
The sinking of land or a building into the ground
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6.7
A downward path a plane follows when approaching a runway guided by instruments
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8.0
A movement downward, for example a person or object going down
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9.6
A slope that goes down like the side of a hill
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9.1
A slope that goes down
A surface or area that slopes downward
A slope or small hill that goes down
A slope that goes down from higher ground, often a path or road
A thing that falls down freely because of gravity
Becoming lower in amount or value
To move something to a lower position
The ground or a surface slowly sinks to a lower level
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that traces family through only the mother's or father's line
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word descent comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and scendere 'to climb', so it literally means 'to climb down'. Think of a path going down a hill: descent is that act of moving down or the slope itself.