Meaning

4 senses
  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. Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

    (not comparable)Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.

    We used a descending sort.

  4. (not comparable)Becoming lower in pitch.

More definitions
  • coming down or downward

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From descend + -ing.

From descend + -ing.

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