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descend on/upon sb/sth

US pronunciation
American sounddescend on/upon sb/sth
descendonuponsbsth
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descend - on - upon - sb - sth -> descend on/upon sb/sth

Myanmar meaning

(phrv) ဧည့်သည်များ မထင် မှတ်ဘဲ ဗြုန်းစားကြီး ရောက်လာသည်။

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descend /dÇ'send/ v

၁။ (fml ) (က) ဆင်းသည်။ ဆင်းသက်သည်။ The lift began to descend. ❍ Put the eight points in descending order of importance. ❍ Slowly she descended the stairs.
(ခ) (တောင်စသည်) နိမ့်ဆင်းသွားသည်။
At this point the path descends steeply. Compare ASCEND
၂။ (fml ) (ည၊ အမှောင်) ကျရောက်သည်။
Night descends quickly in the tropics.
❏ be descended from sb [PHRV ] မျိုးရိုးမှလာသည်၊ ဆင်းသက်သည်။
She is descended from royalty, on her mother's side of the family.
❏ descendant /-ǝnt/ n ဆင်းသက်လာသူ။ သားမြေးစဉ်ဆက်။
She claims to be a direct descendant of Napoleon. Compare ANCESTOR ၁
❏ descend on/upon sb/sth [PHRV ] ဧည့်သည်များ မထင် မှတ်ဘဲ ဗြုန်းစားကြီး
ရောက်လာသည်။
My sister's family is descending on us this weekend. ❍ In summer tourists descend on the place in their thousands.
❏ descend to sth [PHRV ] (no passive) အဆင့်အတန်း နှင့်မတန်အောင် အောက်တန်းကျစွာ ပြုမူပြောဆိုသည်။
He wouldn't descend to that sort of trick.

More examples
  • I descended into the valley.
  • He slowly descended the stairs.
  • The plane was preparing to descend.
  • From here the path descends steeply.
  • At 6.30 pm the tropical darkness descends.
  • Total silence descended.
Synonyms
go down, move down, come down, slide down, fall down, tumble down, abase oneself, affect, appear, arise, arrive, cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, come from, come over, come upon, concede, condescend, crash, crouch, decline, degenerate, deplane, derive, deteriorate, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, drop away, drop in, fall, fall away, fall on, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go downhill, gravitate, ground, hit, humble oneself, incline, issue, light, lose balance, lower a, lower oneself, lower yourself, originate, patronize, penetrate, pervade, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prevail, proceed, prolapse, resort, run down, set, settle, show up, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, spring, stem, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, turn up, weep
Antonyms
ascend, develop, even, go up, grow, improve, increase, leave, level, mount, pour, rise, straighten
Cross references
go downmove downcome downslide downfall downtumble downabase oneselfaffectappeararisearrivecascadecataractcave incoastcollapsecome fromcome overcome uponconcedecondescendcrashcrouchdeclinedegeneratedeplanederivedeteriorate
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