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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"
3 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.
the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past: She's a woman of mixed / French descent. They trace their line of descent back to a French duke. He claims direct descent from Mohammed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
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.
Definition of descent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Family de‧scent /dɪˈsent/ noun 1 [ countable, uncountable] formal the process of going down OPP ascent Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent. descent from/to The descent to Base Camp took about two days. 2 [ uncountable] your family origins, especially your na...
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.
