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descending

  • /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ

Where it comes from

From descend + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of descend

adjective

  1. not comparable Moving or sloping downwards.
  2. not comparable Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence) Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.
  3. not comparable Causing a sequence to follow a descending order. We used a descending sort.
  4. not comparable Becoming lower in pitch.

Opposite: ascending

noun descendings

  1. A descent. continual ascendings and descendings

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: declivitous, descendant, dropping, downward, down, falling, downhill, degressive, drizzling, raining, descendent, downward-sloping, downshift, descent, decline, fall

adjective

Opposite: ascending

Translations

Every language

adj ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element

Românădescrescător
العربيةتَنَازُلِيّ tanāzuliyy

adj moving or sloping downwards

Españoldescendente

adj causing a sequence to follow an descending order

العربيةتَنَازُلِيّ tanāzuliyy

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Chicago

"descending." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/descending.

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@misc{descending_2026,
  title = {descending},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/descending},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}