Descent

//dəˈsɛnt//

Synonyms for "descent" (364 found)

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Strong matches (109)

debacledebasementdecadencedecadencydeclensiondeclinationdeclinedeclivitydeflationdefluxiondeformationdegeneracydegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdelineatedemotiondepictdepravationdepravedness
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depreciationdepressionderivationderogationdescendantdescendantsdescendingdescribedeteriorationdetrusiondevolutiondiminutiondipdirect linediscomfituredisgracedistaff sidedistinguishdowndownfalldowngatedowngradedownhilldownpourdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward motiondownward trenddriftdriftagedronedropduckingdumpdyingebbebbingeffetenesselucidateembarrassmentend of burningendless beltendless roundexemplifyexplainexplicateexpoundextensionextractionfadingfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfalling-offfamilyfemale linefilefiliationflightflowfluxflywheel effectfollowingforward motionfruitgamutgradationgradegradientgrandchildrengravitationgreat-grandchildrenhanghangdog lookhanginghauling downheirheirs

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hollownesshostages to fortunehousehumhumbled pridehumiliationignitionillustrateimageimpactimpartinclinationinclineindian fileinheritorinheritorsinterpretinvolutionissuekid
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kidslapselaunchletdownlift-offlimnlineline of descentlittle oneslogical sequenceloss of toneloweringmale linemonotonemortificationmountingnarratenew generationnexusoblique motionoffspringongoingonrushorderorder of successionpassagepaternitypedigreependulumperiodicityphylumpictureplenumplummetingplungeplungingportrayposteriorityposteritypostpositionpouncepowder trainprocessionprogenyprogressprogressionprolongationput downput-downqueueraceradial motionramprandom motionrangerankrapidsreciterecountrecurrencereductionreflowingrefluencerefluxregressionrehearserenderreportreticulationretrocessionretrogradationretrogressionreversalreversereverse of fortuneriserisingrising generationrocket launchingrootrotationroundroutinerowrunrushscaleseedself-abasementself-abnegationself-diminishmentseptsequenceseriessetsetbacksetdownsevere checkshameshamefacednessshamefastnessshootshotsidesideward motionsingle filesinkingslippageslopeslumpsoaringsonsspear sidespectrumspindle sidestatestemsternwaystirpsstockstoopstrainstreamstringsubjunctionsubmergencesubsidingsuccessionsuccessivenesssuffixationswathswoopsword sidethreadthrowbackthrusting undertiertraintrajecttrajectorytrajettransmittreasurestrendundoingupward motionvelocity peakwanewaterfallwindrowyounglingsyoungsteryoungsters

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Translations

123 translations across 38 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • afkoms noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • herkoms noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κατάβασις noun (instance of descending)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اَصْل noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • نُزُول noun (instance of descending)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пахаджэньне noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • нанадолнище noun (sloping passage or incline)
  • понижение noun (drop to a lower status or condition)
  • произход noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • слизане noun (instance of descending)

Catalan

2 entries
  • baixada noun (way down)
  • descens noun (instance of descending)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بِنەچە noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Czech

4 entries
  • pád noun (drop to a lower status or condition)
  • původ noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • sestup noun (instance of descending)
  • sestup noun (way down)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afdaling noun (instance of descending)
  • afdaling noun (way down)
  • afdaling noun (sloping passage or incline)
  • afkomst noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • descendo noun (instance of descending)

Finnish

1 entries
  • syntyperä noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

French

3 entries
  • ascendance noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • descente noun (instance of descending)
  • origine noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Galician

4 entries
  • ascendencia noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • baixada noun (instance of descending)
  • baixada noun (way down)
  • baixada noun (sloping passage or incline)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დაშვება noun (instance of descending)
  • ჩამოსვლა noun (instance of descending)
  • წარმომავლობა noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

German

4 entries
  • Abstammung noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • Abstieg noun (instance of descending)
  • Abstieg noun (way down)
  • Abstieg noun (sloping passage or incline)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻāluna noun (instance of descending)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • keturunan noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Irish

1 entries
  • tuirlingt noun (instance of descending)

Italian

2 entries
  • ascendenza noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • discesa noun (instance of descending)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 降下 noun (instance of descending)

Latin

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  • descensus noun (instance of descending)
  • descensus noun (way down)

Māori

1 entries
  • heketanga noun (way down)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • binate noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • bineçe noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • avstamning noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Old English

2 entries
  • æfdæl noun (instance of descending)
  • æfdȳne noun (sloping passage or incline)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • ذریت noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • صوی noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • نسل noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Persian

1 entries
  • تبار noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Häakunft noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Polish

4 entries
  • droga w dół noun (way down)
  • droga w dół noun (sloping passage or incline)
  • pochodzenie noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • zejście noun (instance of descending)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ascendência noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • decadência noun (drop to a lower status or condition)
  • declive noun (way down)
  • descendência noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Russian

4 entries
  • пониже́ние noun (drop to a lower status or condition)
  • происхожде́ние noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • спуск noun (instance of descending)
  • спуск noun (way down)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • sinnsearachd noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • teàrnadh noun (instance of descending)
  • teàrnadh noun (way down)
  • teàrnadh noun (sloping passage or incline)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nágib noun (sloping passage or incline)
  • podrijétlo noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • porijéklo noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • pàdina noun (sloping passage or incline)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries
  • بِنەچە noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abolengo noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • ascendencia noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • bajada noun (way down)
  • bajada noun (sloping passage or incline)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • panupling noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)

Tamil

2 entries
  • இறக்கம் noun (instance of descending)
  • இறங்குகை noun (instance of descending)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • походження noun (lineage or hereditary derivation)
  • спуск noun (instance of descending)
  • спускання noun (instance of descending)
  • сходження noun (instance of descending)

Sample sentences

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We're going to begin the descent for Honolulu.

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We are beginning our descent.

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These children are born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

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I met them during my descent from the peak.

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