Descend and Proceed

Descend

Descend verb - To lead or extend downward.

Proceed and descend are semantically related in trace ancestry from topic. In some cases you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Descend".

Proceed

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

Descend and proceed are semantically related in originate topic. Sometimes you can use "Descend" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

Common collocations

mountain descend mountain proceed mountain
time descend time proceed time
way descend way proceed way
speed descend speed proceed speed
Other words: world, door, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Get A Hold Of Yourself Man / Gundam Ironically, it's subverted AND reversed in the same series (early on no less): Bright himself ends up getting Falcon Punched courtesy of Bask Ohm, right before the other present Titans descend and proceed to knock the propellant out of him.
  • Videogame / Shadowrun Returns Unless you allow the Big Bad to proceed with his plan, in which case, they descend upon the world and drive meta-humanity to extinction, playing this trope very straight.
  • Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line What's fascinating to note, though, is that there's one level in the entire game where Walker is entirely ascending (that is to say, there is no point in the level that Walker has to descend in order to proceed).
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