"descend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

descend verbo

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
  • We did not even try to get to our feet as fatigue suddenly descended upon us.
  • But then great clouds blew up and the dark night descended quite suddenly.
  • But before the first question, a curious peace and calm suddenly descended upon him.
  • The lunacy of what I'd done suddenly descended upon me.
  • They descended suddenly, and ate up everything that the cattle could not reach.
  • "She wants to see yo - at once," he continued, descending suddenly to the things of earth.
  • Their eyes met and suddenly there descended on Ashe confidence.
  • It was as if a giant cleaver had suddenly descended.
  • But then a resentful silence suddenly descends over the living room.
  • The sunsets, when darkness would suddenly descend at about 5.30pm.
3. descend sharply = zejdź ostro descend 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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