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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.
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.
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. Family: ancestors & descendants. ancestor. ancestral. ancestry.
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.
Check pronunciation: descent. Definition of descent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
1. [count] : the act or process of descending: such as. a : the act or process of going from a higher to a lower place or level — usually singular. The climbers were faced with a dangerous descent in bad weather. the submarine's descent. After only an hour of flight, the pilot announced our descent. — opposite ascent.
