"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
  • Looked at from above, the steps seemed to descend almost vertically, like a ladder.
  • Indeed, the cars seemed to descend almost vertically.
  • Then the aircraft descended vertically until it rested on the ground.
  • It could not descend vertically without losing its velocity.
  • Descending almost vertically, the remarkable machine had stopped upon the roof with only a single turn of its wheels!
  • To minimize the chances of hitting the trees, he decided to descend vertically.
  • Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.
  • She was descending almost vertically, using the spike and guide jets, coming in cautiously.
  • It began to descend vertically, and only then did Hilton see the space-port.
  • According to witnesses, having completed a vertical climb, she had pushed the nose over at the top in order to descend vertically.
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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