Descent

What do we mean by descent?

The act or an instance of descending. noun

A way down. noun

A downward incline or passage; a slope. noun

Hereditary derivation; lineage. noun

The fact or process of being derived or developing from a source. noun

Transmission of property, especially real estate, to a hereditary heir by an intestate owner. noun

A lowering or decline, as in status or level. noun

A sudden visit or attack; an onslaught. noun

The act of descending; the act of passing from a higher to a lower place by any form of motion. noun

A downward slope or inclination; a declivity. noun

A fall or decline from a higher to a lower state or station; declension; degradation. noun

A sudden or hostile coming down upon a person, thing, or place; an incursion; an invasion; a sudden attack. noun

In law, the passing of real property to the heir or heirs of one who dies without disposing of it by will; transmission by succession or inheritance; the hereditary devolution of real property either to a single heir at law (common in England) or to the nearest relatives in the same degree, whether in a descending, ascending, or collateral line. noun

Genealogical extraction from an original or progenitor; lineage; pedigree; specifically, in biology, evolution; derivation: said of species, etc., as well as of individuals. noun

A generation; a single degree in the scale of genealogy, traced from the common ancestor. noun

Offspring; issue; descendants collectively. noun

A rank; a step or degree. noun

The lowest place. noun

Plural In fortification, a hole, vault, or hollow place made by undermining the ground. noun

An instance of descending; act of coming down.

A way down.

A sloping passage or incline.

Lineage or hereditary derivation.

A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.

A falling upon or invasion.

A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).

Words that are spelled similarly to descent:
descent, decent, descend, descant, escent, -escent.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word descent:
quechua, learnt, ancestry, ascent, ancestor, paternal, maternal, immigrated, module, ancestors, descended, childhood, speak, climb, speaking, descendants, grandfather, emigrated, grandmother, citizenship, clan, immigrants, altitude, mother, landing, ethnic, surname, father, educated, tribe, attended, parents, residents, grew, majority, raised.

Words that rhyme with descent:
present, content, event, accent, consent, advent, lament, augment, rent, supplement, intent, represent, circumvent, dissent, extent, prevent, assent, resent, vent, bent, segment, tent, orient, dent, president, lent, indent, repent, cement, relent, ferment, scent, torment, ascent, meant, percent, stent, invent, cent, frequent, ent, discontent, sent, spent, went, kent, pent, malcontent, gent, underwent, convent, ident, reinvent, trent, occident, misrepresent, shent, brent, splent, dente, dement, vice president, ghent, blent, disorient, slent, fent, misspent, tashkent, sente, lente, drent, nonevent, gwent, wendt, sprent, unspent, underrepresent, in any event, zent, glent, acute accent, mente, circus tent, letter of intent, outspent, portland cement, rubber cement, pup tent, overspent, grave accent, ground rent, broadbent, to that extent, wente, rack rent, to a lesser extent, economic rent, cent-, dramatic event.

Adjectives that are often used to describe descent:
african, european, german, irish, common, steep, english, mexican, direct, long, rapid, mixed, french, spanish, patrilineal, noble, steepest, indian, matrilineal, gradual, italian, slow, chinese, pure, royal, japanese, scottish, sudden, asian, scotch, british, hereditary, dutch, divine, gradient, final, polish, arab, huguenot, ancient, gentle, welsh, double, greek, easy, precipitous, unilineal, vertical, portuguese, swift, abrupt, aryan, male, illustrious, sharp, aboriginal, immediate, maternal, bilateral, northern, quick, racial, swedish, scandinavian, female, russian, perilous, hispanic, aristocratic, steady, davidic, unbroken, slight, genealogical, sheer, perpendicular, ethnic, turkish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective descent:
theory, group, groups, rate, students, cast, stage, families, table, ideology, time, line, based, event, the, method, multiracials, language, ascent, chart, phase, command, system, parents, descend, continued, members, names, behind, direction, reckoning, route, belief, great.

Consonant match to descent:
decent, dissent, docent, d sent, day sent, de cent, dessent.

Words that sound like descent:
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