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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 meaning of DESCENT is derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage. How to use descent in a sentence.
DESCENT definition: 1. the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the…. Learn more.
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.
noun. properties attributable to your ancestry. synonyms: extraction, origin. see more. noun. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. synonyms: filiation, line of descent, lineage. see more. noun. the descendants of one individual.
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.
Definition of descent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. 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.
You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example, their nationality or social status. [ formal ] All the contributors were of African descent.
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.
