descent
Meaning of descent
noun
- an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.
the plane had gone into a steep descent
- the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
the settlers were of Cornish descent
- a sudden violent attack.
a descent on the Channel ports
Middle English: from Old French descente, from descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend).
Information about descent
- It is a name.
- The plural form of descent is: descents.
- Languages in which descent is used:
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Hyphenation of descent
de-scent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- descent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
descent synonyms
Meaning origin:
Meaning line of descent:
Meaning declivity:
declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
Meaning lineage:
lineage, line, bloodline, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Meaning an abrupt or steep fall or slope:
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:
Meaning a plunge head first into water:
Meaning the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone:
Meaning a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something:
Meaning moving or sloping downwards:
Meaning a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended:
Meaning all the descendants of a common ancestor:
Meaning the formation of a word from another word or from a root in the same or another language:
Meaning a person's origin, descent, or ancestry:
Meaning a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor:
Meaning the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another:
Meaning the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc:
Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:
Meaning the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres:
Meaning a person's social background or ancestry:
Meaning a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor:
Meaning a person's ancestors or family and social background:
Meaning an aggressive and violent act against a person or place:
Meaning a physical attack:
Meaning a rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces:
Meaning a fierce or destructive attack:
Meaning a price asked for goods or services:
Meaning a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part:
Meaning an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning a trip or journey in a car:
Meaning an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one:
Meaning a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid:
Meaning an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence:
Meaning a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie:
Meaning the sudden forceful attack and capture of a building or other place by troops:
Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:
descent antonyms
Meaning a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill:
Meaning an ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing:
Translation of descent
- Spanish: sangre, linaje, descendencia, estirpe, bajada
- French: lignée, descendance, descente
- Italian: discendenza, lignaggio, stirpe, pendio, discesa, declivio, china, caduta, crollo, rovina
- German: Nachkommenschaft
- Portuguese: descida
Anagrams of descent
Words that rhyme with descent
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