Collocations for "descent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "descent" in context.
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descent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sharp, steep, gradual, dangerous, quick, risky] descent (to)
- the descent of the [plane, balloon, skier]
- the descent of the [mountain, slope, hill]
- the [mountain's] descent
- the descent down the [mountain]
- the descent to the [lake, sea, plains, valleys]
- am looking forward to the decent
- [watched, observed, saw] the [balloon's descent]
- (the skier) [crashed, fell, tumbled] during the descent
- the plane [started, began] its descent (to)
- the plane's descent to the [airstrip, airport, runway]
- the [gradient, degree, angle] of descent
- a [seven-percent] gradient of descent
- a ten- [mile, kilometer] descent
- a ten-thousand- [meter, foot] descent
- a descent of ten thousand [feet]
- is of [African, Chinese, American] descent
- her descent can be traced back [to, as far as]
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