descend to
phrasal verb
descended to; descending to; descends to
1
formal
: to become owned by (someone) when the former owner has died : to become an inheritance to
The estate descended to her from her grandparents.
2
: to lower oneself by doing (something)
She was desperate for money, but she would not descend to asking her friends for help.
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Exhausted, having established camp five at just below 8,000 meters on the south side of the mountain, Junko Tabei and her team descended to camp two at 6,300 meters to rest.
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Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Video of the crash captured the helicopter and a detached rotor descending to the water.
—USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
About three minutes after the pilot was told to descend to 4,000 feet at his discretion, the autopilot disengaged at 99 knots, then dropped within seconds to 70 knots and was at about 3,100 feet, the report says.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration and police in Arizona are investigating multiple skydiving incidents that have left three skydivers dead in the last two months after complications while descending to the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Video of the crash captured the helicopter and a detached rotor descending to the water.
—USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
About three minutes after the pilot was told to descend to 4,000 feet at his discretion, the autopilot disengaged at 99 knots, then dropped within seconds to 70 knots and was at about 3,100 feet, the report says.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration and police in Arizona are investigating multiple skydiving incidents that have left three skydivers dead in the last two months after complications while descending to the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for descend to
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“Descend to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20to. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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