Descendants

Word DESCENDANTS
Character 11
Hyphenation descendants
Pronunciations /dɪˈsɛndənts/

Definitions and meanings of "Descendants"

What do we mean by descendants?

One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.

A later evolutionary type.

A language that is descended from another.

A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.

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The word "descendants" in example sentences

But to imagine that such a thing enters the heads of a great and growing majority of immigrants and their descendants is a ludicrous misconception, and a dangerous one to boot. ❋ Laban (2006)

One of the descendants is an investment counselor and another a Ph.D. Mrs. [Megan] Smolenyak Smolenyak described them as “poster children” for immigrant America, with Irish, Jewish, Italian and Scandinavian surnames. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even so, I choose to spend my food money so that my long-term health, and that of my descendants, is not compromised. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A characteristic that occurs only in later descendants is called an apomorphy (meaning "separate form" or "far from form," as in far from the root ancestor; also called a "derived" state) for that group. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What we can do for our descendants is promote, or at least avoid retarding, economic growth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Darwin descendants are still there (through the Keynes), and the institute still supports the notorious Pioneer Fund directly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Linguistic evidence that these diverse communities intermingled to some extent with these PNECB descendants is found in their modern language descendants 'lexis. 10 ❋ Unknown (2008)

At least the phony, bait & switch concern for starving artists and their descendants is well grounded in history. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The first white man to see Lake Victoria, John Hanning Speke, claimed the two tribes in the Rwanda region were direct descendants from the Bible. ❋ ____Maggie (2006)

As reported in a variety of rambling articles in what some refer to as "London tube rags," Curry believes that the near-term descendants of the genetic upper class will be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent and creative. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There are also some descendants from the youngest daughter of Becky's, but that is not something really talked about. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The couple I encountered in Merida were Mennonites, descendants from the 16th century European Anabaptist movement. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Whether one takes the position that this refers to descendants of a bad seed line, or daughters of commoners as opposed to royalty, the reference is clearly to mortal women. ❋ Edward P. Myers (1978)

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