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descant
['deskænt]
сущ.
муз.
распевка; распевание
импровизация в стиле контрапункт; вариации на заданную тему
дискант; сопрано
обсуждение
исследование, изыскание (в той или иной области)
[dɪ'skænt]
гл.
высказывать критические замечания, критиковать
разворачивать подробную дискуссию, подробно обсуждать, рассуждать (на какую-л. тему)
петь, распевать; издавать трели
Examples from texts
But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application.Но я не буду больше распространяться на эту тему и предоставлю рассудительному читателю самому делать заключения и выводы.Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия ГулливераПутешествия ГулливераСвифт, Джонатан© Издательство "Правда", 1987Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldSwift, Jonathan
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Word forms
descant
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | descant | descants |
| Possessive case | descant's | descants' |
descant
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | descanted |
| Imperative | descant |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | descanting |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | descanted |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I descant | we descant |
| you descant | you descant |
| he/she/it descants | they descant |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am descanting | we are descanting |
| you are descanting | you are descanting |
| he/she/it is descanting | they are descanting |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have descanted | we have descanted |
| you have descanted | you have descanted |
| he/she/it has descanted | they have descanted |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been descanting | we have been descanting |
| you have been descanting | you have been descanting |
| he/she/it has been descanting | they have been descanting |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I descanted | we descanted |
| you descanted | you descanted |
| he/she/it descanted | they descanted |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was descanting | we were descanting |
| you were descanting | you were descanting |
| he/she/it was descanting | they were descanting |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had descanted | we had descanted |
| you had descanted | you had descanted |
| he/she/it had descanted | they had descanted |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been descanting | we had been descanting |
| you had been descanting | you had been descanting |
| he/she/it had been descanting | they had been descanting |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will descant | we shall/will descant |
| you will descant | you will descant |
| he/she/it will descant | they will descant |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be descanting | we shall/will be descanting |
| you will be descanting | you will be descanting |
| he/she/it will be descanting | they will be descanting |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have descanted | we shall/will have descanted |
| you will have descanted | you will have descanted |
| he/she/it will have descanted | they will have descanted |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been descanting | we shall/will have been descanting |
| you will have been descanting | you will have been descanting |
| he/she/it will have been descanting | they will have been descanting |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would descant | we should/would descant |
| you would descant | you would descant |
| he/she/it would descant | they would descant |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be descanting | we should/would be descanting |
| you would be descanting | you would be descanting |
| he/she/it would be descanting | they would be descanting |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have descanted | we should/would have descanted |
| you would have descanted | you would have descanted |
| he/she/it would have descanted | they would have descanted |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been descanting | we should/would have been descanting |
| you would have been descanting | you would have been descanting |
| he/she/it would have been descanting | they would have been descanting |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am descanted | we are descanted |
| you are descanted | you are descanted |
| he/she/it is descanted | they are descanted |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being descanted | we are being descanted |
| you are being descanted | you are being descanted |
| he/she/it is being descanted | they are being descanted |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been descanted | we have been descanted |
| you have been descanted | you have been descanted |
| he/she/it has been descanted | they have been descanted |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was descanted | we were descanted |
| you were descanted | you were descanted |
| he/she/it was descanted | they were descanted |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being descanted | we were being descanted |
| you were being descanted | you were being descanted |
| he/she/it was being descanted | they were being descanted |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been descanted | we had been descanted |
| you had been descanted | you had been descanted |
| he/she/it had been descanted | they had been descanted |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be descanted | we shall/will be descanted |
| you will be descanted | you will be descanted |
| he/she/it will be descanted | they will be descanted |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been descanted | we shall/will have been descanted |
| you will have been descanted | you will have been descanted |
| he/she/it will have been descanted | they will have been descanted |