descent in English

noun

1

an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling.

the plane had gone into a steep descent

synonyms: dive, drop, fall, pitch, nosedive, downward climb

2

the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.

American families of Hungarian descent

synonyms: ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family, antecedents, extraction, origin, derivation, birth, lineage, line, genealogy, heredity, stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline, roots, origins

3

a sudden, violent attack.

a descent on the enemy airstrip

synonyms: attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray

noun

dive, drop, fall, pitch, nosedive
downward climb
slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient, declivity, slant, hill
decline, slide, fall, degeneration, deterioration, regression
ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family, antecedents, extraction, origin, derivation, birth, lineage, line, genealogy, heredity, stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline, roots, origins
inheritance, succession
attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray
decline, fall, declivity, downslope, declension, declination
bloodline, blood line, line of descent, blood, stock, parentage, lineage, origin, stemma, pedigree, ancestry, line
line of descent, lineage, filiation
extraction, origin

Use "descent" in a sentence

1. We're commencing descent.

2. Minimum descent altitude (MDA

3. Ancestry definition is - line of descent : lineage; especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent

4. Winches, pulleys and descent apparatus

5. Descent engine Command override off.

6. 17 She is of German descent.

7. They made a long, unhurried descent.

8. I can't maintain my descent angle!

9. 14 She is Hungarian by descent.

10. Agnation: 1 n line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family Synonyms: patrilineage Type of: unilateral descent line of descent traced through one side of the family

11. Chapter 5: An eternity of descent

12. Rate of descent, # feet per minute

13. The emperor claimed descent from David.

14. We got an A320 on emergency descent.

15. An abrupt descent suddenly appeared before him.

16. 20 His descent into crime was rapid.

17. 7 The emperor claimed descent from David.

18. Anglo definition, a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent

19. Speed of movement indicates rate of descent.

20. Ancestry definition, family or ancestral descent; lineage

21. So why the new descent into bloodshed?

22. Aaron is of English-Russian Jewish descent

23. Angle of descent, colour of smoke, everything.

24. 13 He claims direct descent from Mohammed.

25. The plane began its descent into Paris.

26. Instead, they have evolved through descent with modification.

27. 18 We slowed the balloon's rate of descent.

28. Pasang is immovable, and they start the descent.

29. Descent and distribution; heirs of Allottee; 25 u.s

30. 10 She's a woman of mixed/French descent.

31. 1 The plane began its descent into Paris.

32. Device for controlling descent of sprinkler head deflector

33. There is a gradual descent to the sea.

34. 19 An abrupt descent suddenly appeared before him.

35. 3 The plane began its descent to Heathrow.

36. She started a chary descent of the stairs.

37. Darwin stated that the species originate by descent.

38. Antiochus was of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent

39. Target has increased angle and rate of descent.

40. Rate of descent, still 3,500 feet per minute.

41. Many factors underpin Ireland's descent into the basement.

42. 11 She claims direct descent from Queen Victoria.

43. 9 She claims direct descent from Queen Victoria.

44. Six of the eight victims were of Asian descent

45. This is the definition of the gradient descent algorithm.

46. We watched anxiously during her descent from the tree.

47. Here there is a gradual descent to the sea.

48. 8 The plane began its gentle descent to Heathrow.

49. Especially memorable was the steep, winding descent into Chile.

50. 1 We began our slithery descent to the shore.