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descends on

descends on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of descend on.

Meaning of descend on

Verb

descend on (third-person singular simple present descends on, present participle descending on, simple past and past participle descended on)

  1. Synonym of descend upon.
    • A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting.2013, Tanya Lewis, Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington
    Synonyms:
    descend upon

Questions about descends on

What is descends on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Descends on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of descend on.

Words near descends on in the dictionary

  1. descendings
  2. descendostomies
  3. descendostomy
  4. descends
  5. descends into the arena
  6. descends on
  7. descends upon
  8. descension
  9. descensional
  10. descensions
  11. descensive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descends on (page history and authors); descend on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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