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The meaning of DESCENT is derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage. How to use descent in a sentence.
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.
Descent is a noun that means the act of moving downward (descending), a downward movement, or downward movement in general. Dissent can be a noun meaning disagreement, as in I voiced my dissent, or a verb meaning to disagree, as in The judge is expected to dissent.
If you’re on your way down, you’re making a descent, whether that’s as a passenger in an airplane that's landing, or if you’re tumbling down a staircase you just slipped on. Descent comes from the verb descend — to go down.
Definition of descent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for DESCENT: drop, dip, plunge, decline, dive, fall, down, nosedive; Antonyms of DESCENT: ascent, rise, climb, progress, soaring, advance, progression, upturn.
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.
