descent

descent

downward incline or passage: a steep descent

Not to be confused with:

dissent – to differ in sentiment or opinion; disapproval; disagreement: open dissent

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de·scent

 (dĭ-sĕnt′)

n.

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. The fact or process of being derived or developing from a source: a paper tracing the descent of the novel from old picaresque tales.

5. Law Transmission of property, especially real estate, to a hereditary heir by an intestate owner.

6. A lowering or decline, as in status or level: Her career went into a rapid descent after the charges of misconduct.

7. A sudden visit or attack; an onslaught: the descent of the marauders on the settlement.

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[Middle English, from Old French descente, from descendre, to descend (on the model of rente, rent rendre, to render); see descend.]

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descent

(dɪˈsɛnt)

n

1. the act of descending

2. a downward slope or inclination

3. a passage, path, or way leading downwards

4. (Anthropology & Ethnology) derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage

5. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage

6. a decline or degeneration

7. a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower

8. (often foll by on) a sudden and overwhelming arrival or attack

9. (Law) property law (formerly) the transmission of real property to the heir on an intestacy

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de•scent

(dɪˈsɛnt)

n.

1. the act, process, or fact of descending.

2. a downward inclination or slope.

3. a passage or stairway leading down.

4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction.

5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline.

6. a sudden raid or hostile attack.

7. transmission of real property by intestate succession.

[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre to descend]

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Descent

 of woodpeckers: a flock of woodpeckers—Lipton, 1970; also descendants collectively.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	descent - a movement downward       change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something drop, fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" lightening - descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped set - the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun" cascade, shower - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" slide - (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
	2.	descent - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" extraction, origin ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline full blood - descent from parents both of one pure breed
	3.	descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" parachuting, jump - descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" nose dive, nosedive, dive - a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft abseil, rappel - (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body swoop - a swift descent through the air crash dive - a rapid descent by a submarine drop - the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful" collapse, flop - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
	4.	descent - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors filiation, line of descent, lineage family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption bilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	5.	descent - a downward slope or bend declivity, downslope, declination, declension, decline, fall downhill - the downward slope of a hill incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" steep - a steep place (as on a hill) acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, raise, rise - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
	6.	descent - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" ancestry, blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, stock, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin

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descent

noun

1. fall, drop, plunge, coming down, swoop The airplane crashed on its descent into the airport.

2. slope, drop, dip, incline, slant, declination, declivity On the descents, cyclists freewheel past cars.

3. decline, deterioration, degradation, decadence, degeneration, debasement his swift descent from respected academic to homeless derelict

4. origin, extraction, ancestry, lineage, family tree, parentage, heredity, genealogy, derivation All the contributors were of foreign descent.

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descent

noun

1. The act of dropping from a height:

drop, fall.

2. A downward slope or distance:

decline, declivity, drop, fall, pitch.

3. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation:

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock.

4. A sudden drop to a lower condition or status:

comedown, down, downfall, downgrade.

5. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:

decline, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble.

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Translations

أصْل، نَسَب، سُلالَهإنْحِدارمُنْحَدَر

původsestupspádsvahpád

afstamningnedstigningskrænt

HerkunftAbstammungAbstiegAbwindSenkung

ascendenciabajadadescensopendientecuesta

syntyperä

descenteoriginepenteabaissementdescendance

nagibobronakpadpadinapodrijetlo

ætternibrekkaniîurferî, niîurkoma

calatadiscendenzadiscesa

afkomstherkomst

arvavstamningnedoverbakkenedstigning

pochodzeniezejście

съездпонижениепроисхождениеспусксхождение

zostup

spust

atabayır inişinişsoy

下降斜坡血统

descent

[dɪˈsent] N

1. (= going down) → descenso m, bajada f; (= slope) → cuesta f, pendiente f; (= fall) → descenso m (in de)

2. (= raid) → ataque m (on sobre) → incursión f (on en)

3. (= ancestry) → ascendencia f (from de) of Italian descent → de ascendencia italiana
line of descent → linaje m
he claimed descent from Peter the Great → afirmaba descender de Pedro el Grande

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descent

[dɪˈsɛnt] n

(= journey down) → descente f

[plane] → descente f
on its descent → dans sa descente
to make its descent → entamer sa descente

(= origin) → origine f
to be of European descent → être d'origine européenne

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descent

n

(= going down, of person) → Hinuntergehen nt, → Absteigen nt; (from mountain, of plane, into underworld) → Abstieg m; (of gymnast) → Abgang m; (= slope: of road) → Abfall m; during the descent of the mountain → während des Abstiegs vom Berg; the road made a sharp descent → die Straße fiel steil ab; descent by parachute → Fallschirmabsprung m; the descent from the cross (Art, Rel) → die Kreuzabnahme

(= ancestry) → Abstammung f, → Herkunft f; of noble descent → von adliger Abstammung or Herkunft; he claims direct descent from … → er behauptet, direkt von … abzustammen

(of property) → Vererbung f, → Übertragung f (→ to auf +acc); (of customs) → Überlieferung f (→ to auf +acc)

(Mil, fig, = attack) → Überfall m (→ on auf +acc)

(inf: = visit) → Überfall m (inf)

(fig, into crime etc) → Absinken nt (→ into in +acc); (into chaos, civil war, madness) → Versinken nt (→ into in +acc)

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descent

[dɪˈsɛnt] n (going down) → discesa; (ancestry) descent (from) → discendenza (da) → origine f (da)

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descend

(diˈsend) verb

1. to go or climb down from a higher place or position. He descended the staircase. afklim يَنْزِلُ слизам descer sestoupit heruntersteigen gå ned ad κατεβαίνωdescender, bajar laskuma پایین رفتن؛ نزول کردن laskeutua descendre לָרֶדֶת उतरना sići, spustiti se lemegy menuruni koma niður discendere, scendere 降りる 내려가다 nusileisti nokāpt; nolaisties turun afdalen gå/stige ned, dale, synkeschodzić كښته كېدل، له يوى ګنډى څخه زېږېدل، ميراث ورته رسېدل، حمله كول descer a coborî спускаться zostúpiť spustiti se sići gå (komma, fara) ner, stiga (gå) nedför ลงมา inmek 下來 спускатися; сходити اونچے مقام سے نیچے کی طرف آنا xuống 下来

2. to slope downwards. The hills descend to the sea. neerdaal يَنْحَدِر спускам descer svažovat se sich senken skrå ned mod κατηφορίζωdescender langema سرازیر شدن؛ شیب داشتن viettää descendre לָרֶדֶת नीचे आना opadati, spuštati se leereszkedik melandai halla niður á við scendere 下り坂になる 내리막이 되다 leistis žemyn vest lejup turun afhellen gå/skrå nedover, stige ned, falleopadać ، له يوى ګنډى څخه زېږېدل descer a coborî понижаться zvažovať sa spuščati se spuštati se slutta ลาดลงมา inmek, alçalmak 下斜 сходити نیچے کی طرف سرکنا dốc xuống 下斜

3. (with on) to make a sudden attack on. The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers. toesak يُهاجِمُن يَنْقَضُّ нападам внезапно cair sobre zaútočit (na) herfallen vælte ind over επιτίθεμαι ξαφνικά atacar, caer sobre, lanzarse sobre kallale sööstma یورش بردن؛ سر کسی خراب شدن hyökätä se jeter לִפשׁוֹט आक्रमण करना nasrnuti na megrohan vkit menyerang ráðast skyndilega á piombare su 急襲する 습격하다 užpulti pēkšņi uzbrukt menyerang overvallenkaste seg over, overfalle, hjemsøkerunąć حمله كول cair sobre a se arunca (asupra) обрушиваться zaútočiť (na) planiti napasti överrumpla, slå ner på จู่โจม saldırmak 襲擊 нападати, накидатися اچانک حملہ کرنا tấn công đột ngột 袭击

deˈscendant noun

the child, grandchild, great-grandchild etc of a person. This is a photograph of my grandmother with all her descendants. afstammeling, spruit ذُرِّيَّه، نَسْل потомък descendente potomek der Nachkomme efterkommer απόγονοςdescendiente järglane نواده؛ نوه و نتیجه jälkeläinen descendant/-ante צאצא वंशज potomak leszármazott keturunan afkomandi discendente 子孫 자손 palikuonis pēcnācējs keturunan afstammelingetterkommerpotomek زوزات، اولاد descendente descendent, urmaş потомок potomok potomec potomak ättling ลูกหลาน soyundan gelen kimse 後裔，子孫 нащадок کوئی شخص یا شے جس کا کسی سے سلسلئہ نسب ملتا ہے con cháu 后裔，子孙

deˈscent (-t) noun

1. the act of descending. The descent of the hill was quickly completed. afdaling, neerdaling إنْحِدار спускане descida sestup der Abstieg nedstigning κάθοδοςdescenso laskumine نزول؛ فروروی laskeutuminen descenteירידה उतार spuštanje leereszkedés penurunan niðurferð, niðurkoma discesa 降下 내리막 nusileidimas nokāpšana; nolaišanās turun afdalingnedstigningzejście لوېدنه، كوزېدنه،كښته كېدنه، پښت، په ميراث رسېدنه descida cobo­­râre спуск zostup sestop spuštanje nedstigande, nedgång, nedfärd ทางลง iniş 下降 спуск; зниження اترنے کا عمل sự đi xuống 下降

2. a slope. That is a steep descent. afdraand مُنْحَدَر склон descida svah die Senkung skrænt κατήφοροςpendiente, declive, bajada (mäe)veer شیب lasku penteמורד नीचे उतरना nizbrdica lejtő lereng brekka discesa 下り坂 경사 nuokalnė nogāze cerun hellingnedoverbakkezbocze مخ ځوړكيدل، مايل كيدل descida pantă склон svah pobočje nagib sluttning, nedförsbacke ทางลาด bayır iniş 斜坡 схил نزول đường dốc 斜坡

3. family; ancestry. She is of royal descent. herkoms أصْل، نَسَب، سُلالَه произход descendência původ die Abstammung afstamning καταγωγή, οικογενειακή προέλευση ascendencia sünnipära تبار؛ نسب syntyperä origineמוצא वंश podrijetlo (le)származás keluarga ætterni discendenza, famiglia 家系 혈통 kilmė, kilimas izcelsme keturunan afkomstætt, avstamning, arvpochodzenie نسب descendência des­cendenţă происхождение pôvod rod poreklo härkomst, börd การสืบเชื้อสาย ata, soy 血統 походження سلسلئہ نسب dòng dõi 血统

be descended from

to be a descendant of. afstam van يَتَحَدَّر من произлизам от ser descendente de pocházet abstammen von nedstamme fra κατάγομαι από ser descendiente de, descender de põlvnema از تبار کسی بودن؛ از نسل کسی بودن olla jonkun jälkeläinen descendre de לִהְיוֹת צְאֵצָא שֶׁל के वंशज potjecati leszármazott keturunan vera kominn af discendere da ～の子孫である (~의) 자손이다 būti kilusiam iš (par izcelsmi) celties no; nākt no keturunan afstammen van ætte fra, stamme fra د يو څا له نسل څخه اوسيدل ser descendente de a se trage din происходить из pochádzať z biti po rodu voditi poreklo härstamma från มีเชื้อสายของ soyundan gelmek 傳下 вести свій рід; походити від کسی خاندان سے ہونا thuộc dòng dõi 传下

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the noun descendant ends in -ant (not -ent).

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de·scent

n. descenso, bajada; descendencia, sucesión.

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