how to pronounce descended

/dɪˈsɛndəd/

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descended is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of descended in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… where a skinny black girl descended from …”

meanings of descended

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of descend.

descended frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word descended occurs in english on average 5.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.