Descent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a movement downward

properties attributable to your ancestry

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˌiːpˈiː/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈɛnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈɛnt/

2 syllables Say it as /dˌiːpˈiː/.

Examples

he comes from good origins
his entire lineage has been warriors

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ancestry stemma origin fall line blood line blood lineage bloodline pedigree filiation parentage declivity decline declination downslope declension line of descent stock extraction

Antonyms

ascent

Parts of Speech

noun	a movement downward
noun	properties attributable to your ancestry “he comes from good origins”
noun	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
noun	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
noun	a downward slope or bend
noun	the descendants of one individual “his entire lineage has been warriors”

Word Forms

descend	verb	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
filiate	verb	fix the paternity of
declivitous	adjective	sloping down rather steeply
fall	verb	slope downward
decline	verb	go down
lineal	adjective	in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
parent	verb	bring up

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abstieg

eine Bewegung nach unten

🇫🇷French

descente

un mouvement vers le bas

🇪🇸Spanish

descenso

un movimiento hacia abajo

🇮🇹Italian

discesa

un movimento verso il basso

🇳🇱Dutch

herkomst

een beweging naar beneden

🇵🇹Portuguese

descida

um movimento para baixo

🇷🇺Russian

спуск

движение вниз

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चढ़ाई

नीचे की ओर एक गति

🇧🇩Bengali

বংশদ্ভুত

নিচের দিকে একটি আন্দোলন

🇮🇳Tamil

வம்சாவளி

கீழ்நோக்கி ஒரு இயக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

సంతతి

ఒక కదలిక క్రిందికి

🇮🇳Marathi

कूळ

खालच्या दिशेने एक हालचाल

🇮🇳Gujarati

વંશ

નીચે તરફ એક ચળવળ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅವರೋಹಣ

ಕೆಳಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಚಲನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇറക്കം

താഴേക്ക് ഒരു ചലനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਸ਼

ਹੇਠਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਇੱਕ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

نزول

نیچے کی طرف ایک تحریک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

血统

向下运动

🇯🇵Japanese

降下

下向きの動き

🇰🇷Korean

하강

하향 움직임

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đi xuống

một chuyển động đi xuống

🇹🇭Thai

เชื้อสาย

การเคลื่อนไหวลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

turun

suatu gerakan ke bawah

🇵🇭Filipino

pagbaba

isang paggalaw pababa

🇲🇾Malay

keturunan

pergerakan ke bawah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أصل

حركة إلى الأسفل

🇮🇷Persian

نزول

یک حرکت به سمت پایین

🇹🇷Turkish

iniş

aşağı doğru bir hareket

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוֹצָא

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The primary meaning of 'descent' is 'a movement downward'.

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Using 'descent' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'descent' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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