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- Dictionarydescent/dɪˈsɛnt/
noun
- 1. an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling: "the plane had gone into a steep descent" Similar Opposite
- 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: "the settlers were of Cornish descent" Similar
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the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past: of African, European, Asian, etc. descent There are more than a hundred million people of African descent in Latin America. The disease is most common among people of northern European descent.
1. a. : derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage. of French descent. patrilineal descent. b. : transmission or devolution of an estate (see estate entry 1 sense 4b) by inheritance usually in the descending line. c. : the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock. the descent of modern humans and chimpanzees from a common ancestor.
a sudden downpour (as of tears, sparks, etc.) likened to a rain shower. a descent as through liquid (especially through water) (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field.
descent. A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. A descent is a surface that slopes downwards, for example the side of a steep hill. On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
noun. /dɪˈsent/. /dɪˈsent/. [countable, usually singular] an action of coming or going down. The plane began its descent to Heathrow. (figurative) the country’s swift descent into anarchy. opposite ascent. Extra Examples. The engines failed on the plane's descent to Newark.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun descent mean? There are 24 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun descent, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. descent has developed meanings and uses in subjects including
n. 1. The act or an instance of descending: the slow descent of the scuba divers. 2. a. A way down: fashioned a descent with an ice axe. b. A downward incline or passage; a slope: watched the stones roll down the descent. 3. Hereditary derivation; lineage: a person of African descent. 4.
DESCENT definition: 1. a movement down: 2. being related to people who lived in the past in Ireland/France, etc: . Learn more.
DESCENT meaning: 1 : the act or process of descending: such as; 2 : the act or process of going from a higher to a lower place or level usually singular.
noun. the act of descending. a downward slope or inclination. a passage, path, or way leading downwards. derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage. (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage. a decline or degeneration. a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower.
