DESCEND ON / UPON SB/STH

Meaning of DESCEND ON / UPON SB/STH in English

to visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly :

Hundreds of football fans descended on the city.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESCEND
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
DESCEND — (v. t.) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they …
Английский словарь Webster
DESCEND — (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or …
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESCEND — ( v. t. ) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESCEND — ( v. i. ) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESCEND — — descendingly , adv. /di send"/ , v.i. 1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESCEND — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- + scandere to climb — more at scan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
DESCEND — vi to move toward the south, or to the southward. 2. descend ·vi to enter mentally; to retire. 3. descend …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESCEND — descend BrE AmE di ˈsend də- ▷ descend|ed ɪd əd ▷ descend|ing ɪŋ ▷ descend|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESCEND — / dɪˈsend; NAmE / verb 1. ( formal ) to come or go down from a higher to a lower …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESCEND — de ‧ scend /dɪˈsend/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: descendre , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESCEND — v. 1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.). 2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESCEND — v. 1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.). 2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESCEND — v. 1. tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.). 2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESCEND — ( descends, descending, descended) 1. If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESCEND — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ascending/descending order (= with the lowest or highest number first ) ▪ The films are …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
DESCEND — on/upon [phrasal verb] [T] - to visit (someone) or arrive (somewhere) suddenly, without warning, or without being invitedSorry to descend …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESCEND — Synonyms and related words : advance, alight, ascend, assault, attack, back, back up, bank, be shamed, budge, cant, careen, cascade, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESCEND — verb 1 move downwards ADVERB ▪ quickly , rapidly ▪ slowly ▪ carefully 2 lead downwards ADVERB ▪ steeply ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
DESCEND — v. 25B6; verb the plane started descending : GO DOWN, come down; drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive. she …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPON — {v. phr.} To latch onto. * /Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking …
Словарь английских идиом

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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