Engelsk udsagnsord: descend | |||
1. | descend (om bevægelse) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The temperature is going down. The barometer is falling. The curtain fell on the diva. Her hand went up and then fell again. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The airplane is sure to descend | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | come down, fall, go down | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Mere specifikke termer | abseil, alight, avalanche, cascade, cascade down, climb down, correct, crash, decline, dismount, dive, drip, drop, flop, get down, get off, go down, go down, go under, go under, light, pitch, plop, plunge, plunk, pounce, precipitate, prolapse, rappel, roll down, rope down, set, settle, sink, sink, slump, subside, swoop, topple, tumble, unhorse | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | ascend, go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise, go up | ||
2. | descend (om tilstand) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was descended from an old Italian noble family. He comes from humble origins. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | come, derive | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | come, derive, hail | ||
3. | descend (om adfærd) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | condescend, deign | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | act, move | ||
4. | descend (om ændring) come as if by falling | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Night fell. Silence fell. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fall, settle | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | come | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | fall | ||