Descent

/dəˈsɛnt/

Synonyms for "descent" (386 found)

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Noun(8 words)

ancestry bloodline decline fall lineage ancestries bloodblood line

abasement advance affiliation airburstaltitude peakangular motionapparentation array articulation ascending ascent attackautomatic controlaxial motionbackflowing backing backsetbackward motionbank birth

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blast offblast-off blood bloodline branch breed broodbrownian movementburn burnout buzz career cascade cataract catena catenation ceiling chainchain reactionchaining characterize check children chute class climb climbing collapse comedowncoming aftercommon ancestrycommunicate concatenation concavity connection consanguinity consecution consecutiveness construe continuation continuity continuum course crash current cycle de-escalation debacle debasement decadence

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derogation descendant descendants descending describe deterioration detrusion devolution diminution dipdirect linediscomfiture disgracedistaff sidedistinguish down downfall downgate downgrade downhill downpour downtrend downturndownward mobilitydownward motiondownward trenddrift driftage drone drop ducking dump dying ebb ebbing effeteness elucidate embarrassmentend of burningendless beltendless roundexemplify explain explicate expound extension extraction fading failing failurefailure of nervefall falling-off familyfemale linefile filiation flight flow fluxflywheel effectfollowingforward motionfruit gamut gradation grade gradient grandchildren gravitation great-grandchildren hanghangdog lookhanging

Noun(20 words)

declension declination declivity degeneration descensus deterioration dives downhills downslope downturndownward movementdrop droppingearthward motionearthward movementextraction falling falls filiation genealogies

Adjective(1 words)

earthward landing

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hauling downheir heirs hollownesshostages to fortunehouse humhumbled pridehumiliation ignition illustrate image impact impart inclination inclineindian fileinheritor inheritors interpret

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involution issue kid kids lapse launch letdown lift-off limn lineline of descentlineagelittle oneslogical sequenceloss of toneloweringmale linemonotone mortification mounting narratenew generationnexusoblique motionoffspring ongoing onrush orderorder of successionorigin passage paternity pedigree pendulum periodicity phylum picture plenum plummeting plunge plunging portray posteriority posterity postposition pouncepowder trainprocession progeny progress progression prolongationput downput-down queue raceradial motionramprandom motionrange rank rapids recite recount recurrence reduction reflowing refluence reflux regression rehearse render report reticulation retrocession retrogradation retrogression reversal reversereverse of fortunerise risingrising generationrocket launchingroot rotation round routine row run rush scale seed self-abasement self-abnegation self-diminishment sept sequence series set setback setdownsevere checkshame shamefacedness shamefastness shoot shot sidesideward motionsingle filesinking slippage slope slump soaring sonsspear sidespectrumspindle sidestate stem sternway stirps stock stoop strain stream string subjunction submergence subsiding succession successiveness suffixation swath swoopsword sidethread throwbackthrusting undertier train traject trajectory trajet transmit treasures trend undoingupward motionvelocity peakwane waterfall windrow younglings youngster youngsters

Noun(14 words)

heritage lineline of descentmove earthwardnosedives nosediving origin origins parentage pedigree pedigrees slide stemma stock

Preposition(1 words)

toward earth

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More general

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ancestry changechange of locationderivationfamily relationshipfamily treefiliation genealogy heritage incline kinship lineage motion move movement origin

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More specific

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bloodline decay decline degradation deteriorationdownward trenddrop fall lineage patrilineage pedigree

Collocations

6 entries

cultural descentdescent fromdescent into chaosgenealogical descentgenetic descentlineal descent

Inflections

1 entries

descents

Derivations

3 entries

descend descendancy descendant

Antonyms

1 entries

ascent

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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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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