descending

English

Etymology

From descend +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Verb

descending

1. present participle and gerund of descend

Adjective

descending (not comparable)

1. Moving or sloping downwards.
2. (of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element.

   Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.

   1. (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.

      We used a descending sort.

3. (music) Becoming lower in pitch.

Antonyms

• ascending

Derived terms

• descending colon
• descending s
• descendingly

Translations

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

• Arabic: تَنَازُلِيّ‎ (tanāzuliyy)
• Bulgarian: намаляващ (bg) (namaljavašt)
• Finnish: laskeva (fi)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dakêşayî

• Romanian: descrescător (ro)

causing a sequence to follow an descending order

• Arabic: تَنَازُلِيّ‎ (tanāzuliyy)
• Finnish: laskeva (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: descendent (ca)

Noun

descending (plural descendings)

1. A descent.

   continual ascendings and descendings

References

• “descending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “descending”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary