"descend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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descend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
descend the stairs • descend the steps • descend the staircase • descend several feet • descend the ladder • ...
verbo + descend
Kolokacji: 3
begin to descend • begin descending • start descending
descend + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
descend from • descend into • descend on • descend upon • descend through • ...
descend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
slowly descend • descend directly • quickly descend • descend rapidly • gradually descend • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(3) gradually, suddenly, sharply
Kolokacji: 3
1. gradually descend = stopniowo zejdź gradually descend
3. descend sharply = zejdź ostro descend sharply
  • It descended sharply, often as steep as a stairway.
  • The rock wall descended sharply from here, he saw, soon vanishing into layers of fat, fluffy clouds.
  • As the plane sharply descends over green forest and huge open-pit mines, it is all Jonathan can do to hold back tears.
  • The church was on a small elevation, which descended sharply to the east toward the lower village some two hundred yards away.
  • Below, the bank descended sharply to a narrow dirt road.
  • She could see that the hills descended sharply into the south.
  • Sheer limestone walls descended sharply for hundreds of meters.
  • And it was headed straight for the front of the castle, still descending sharply.
  • The terrain descended sharply, filling the watercourse with splashing white water.
  • She saw that they had reached a place where the land descended sharply.
(7) finally, eventually, mainly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) carefully, cautiously
Kolokacji: 2
(9) swiftly, hastily
Kolokacji: 2
(10) steadily, regularly
Kolokacji: 2

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