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- DictionaryDe·scent/dəˈsent/
noun
- 1. an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling: "the plane had gone into a steep descent"
- 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: "American families of Hungarian descent"
noun. the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: drop, fall. a downward inclination or slope. Synonyms: slant, declivity, grade, decline. a passage or stairway leading down. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. Synonyms: origin, parentage, ancestry.
5 days ago · 1. variable noun. A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. During their descent from the summit, a storm swept in. ...the crash of an Airbus A300 on its descent into Kathmandu airport. [ + into] Synonyms: fall, drop, plunge, coming down More Synonyms of descent. 2. countable noun.
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.
Definitions of descent. noun. a movement downward. see more. noun. the act of changing your location in a downward direction. see more. noun. a downward slope or bend. synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall. see more. noun. properties attributable to your ancestry. synonyms: extraction, origin. see more. noun.
DESCENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Meaning of descent – Learner’s Dictionary. descent. noun [ C, U ] uk / dɪˈsent / us. Add to word list. a movement down: The plane began its descent into Heathrow. of Irish/French, etc descent. being related to people who lived in the past in Ireland/France, etc:
noun. 1 [usually in singular] an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling: the plane had gone into a steep descent. More example sentences Synonyms. 1.1 a downward slope: a steep, badly eroded descent. More example sentences Synonyms. 1.2 a moral, social, or psychological decline: the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism.
