Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

descend on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
de-scend on
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of descend upon.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

descends on (present, singular) descending on (participle, present) descended on (participle, past) descended on (past)

Synonyms

descend upon

Questions

What does descend on mean?
Synonym of descend upon.

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