adj
Meaning 1
Moving or sloping downwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
descending
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S EH1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.
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adj
Meaning 3
Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- We used a descending sort.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 4
Becoming lower in pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
A descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- continual ascendings and descendings
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of descend
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From descend + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: descendanta — moving or sloping downwards
- Spanish: descendente — moving or sloping downwards
- Arabic: تَنَازُلِيّ (tanāzuliyy) — ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
- Bulgarian: намаляващ (namaljavašt) — ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
- Finnish: laskeva — ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
- Northern Kurdish: dakêşayî — ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
- Romanian: descrescător — ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
- Arabic: تَنَازُلِيّ (tanāzuliyy) — causing a sequence to follow an descending order
- Finnish: laskeva — causing a sequence to follow an descending order
Real reading context