descending

Thân thiện

The airplane is descending toward the runway.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Moving or sloping downward: Refers to something that is going from a higher to a lower position, level, or value.
   • Arranged in a sequence from higher to lower: Often used to describe an order, such as numbers or steps, that proceeds from the greatest to the least.

Usage

• The primary use is as an adjective to describe a downward direction, slope, or order.
• It can modify nouns directly (e.g., a descending path) or be used after linking verbs (e.g., The path is descending).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The hikers followed the descending trail into the valley.
  • Please sort the numbers in descending order, from largest to smallest.
  • We heard the descending notes of the melody.

Advanced Usage

• "in descending order of": Used to list items based on a criterion from highest/most important to lowest/least important.
  • The candidates were listed in descending order of experience.

Variants and Related Words

• Descend (verb): To move or fall downward.
  • The airplane began to descend for landing.
• Descent (noun): An act of moving downward, a decline, or ancestry.
  • The descent down the mountain was treacherous.

Synonyms

• Downward: Moving or leading toward a lower place or level.
• Falling: Moving downward, typically rapidly and freely without control.
• Declining: Decreasing in strength, quality, or value.

Antonyms

• Ascending: Moving or sloping upward.
• Rising: Going up.
• Increasing: Becoming greater in size, amount, or intensity.

Related Phrases

• Descending colon: (Anatomy) The part of the large intestine that travels downward on the left side of the abdomen.
• Descending node: (Astronomy) The point where an orbit crosses a reference plane (like the ecliptic) moving southward.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. coming down or downward

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