"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. descend steeply = zejdź stromo descend steeply
  • There was no sign of him now, but the path descended steeply as it went down toward the brook.
  • The trail was descending steeply down from the mountain.
  • From here the land descended steeply and at the foot of the slope lay a Park.
  • I-40 also descends steeply in this stretch down to Needles.
  • The floor of the crevice descended steeply before it opened into its destination.
  • Beyond the trees the valley expanded and descended steeply into the haze.
  • The tunnel opened out again and then descended steeply.
  • The pilots must descend steeply into town to avoid rebel fire.
  • At this point, it becomes 3-lane and descends steeply through some sharp bends.
  • To the south of the group the terrain descends steeply to the river.
3. descend straight = zejdź prosto descend straight
(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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