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Descent Movement Higher Lower Level Position Summit Storm

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A d______ is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
During their descent from the summit, a storm swept in.
...the crash of an Airbus A300 on its descent into Kathmandu airport.
word descent
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A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
During their descent from the summit, a storm swept in.
...the crash of an Airbus A300 on its descent into Kathmandu airport.
A descent is a surface that slopes downwards, for example the side of a steep hill .
On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation.
Without a political settlement, the descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
...his swift descent from respected academic to homeless alcoholic.
You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example their nationality or social status .
All the contributors were of African descent.
inflections descents
cefr-level C1

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