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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" Similar Opposite
- 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: "American families of Hungarian descent" Similar
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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.
noun. the act of descending. a downward slope or inclination. a passage, path, or way leading downwards. derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage. (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage. a decline or degeneration. a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower.
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.
descent. 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.
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.
noun. /dɪˈsent/. /dɪˈsent/. [countable, usually singular] an action of coming or going down. The plane began its descent to Heathrow. (figurative) the country’s swift descent into anarchy. opposite ascent. Extra Examples. The engines failed on the plane's descent to Newark.
DESCENT meaning: 1 : the act or process of descending: such as; 2 : the act or process of going from a higher to a lower place or level usually singular.
1. A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. [...] 2. A descent is a surface that slopes downward, for example, the side of a steep hill. [...] 3. When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. [emphasis] [...] More.
DESCENT meaning: 1. a movement down: 2. being related to people who lived in the past in Ireland/France, etc: . Learn more.
