| NOUN | event | descent | a movement downward |
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| attribute | descent, origin, extraction | properties attributable to your ancestry | |
| act | descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction | |
| relation | descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation | the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | |
| object | descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope | a downward slope or bend | |
| group | descent, lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual |
| Sounds | dihseh'nt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | A movement downward. | |
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| Narrower | drop, fall | A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity |
| lightening | descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy | |
| set | The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon | |
| shower, cascade | A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | |
| sinking | A descent as through liquid / liquid (especially through water) | |
| slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. | |
| Broader | change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
| Catalan | descens | |
| Spanish | descenso | |
| Verbs | descend | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Meaning | Properties attributable to your ancestry. | |
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| Synonyms | origin, extraction | |
| Narrower | full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
| Broader | ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Catalan | origen | |
| Spanish | cuna, origen | |
| Meaning | The act of changing your location in a downward direction. | |
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| Narrower | crash dive | A rapid descent by a submarine |
| dive, nose dive, nosedive | A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft | |
| drop | The act of dropping something | |
| flop, collapse | The act of throwing yourself down | |
| jump, parachuting | descent with a parachute | |
| rappel, abseil | (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | |
| swoop | A swift descent through the air | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Catalan | descens | |
| Spanish | descenso | |
| Meaning | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. | |
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| Synonyms | line of descent, lineage, filiation | |
| Narrower | bilateral descent | line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family |
| unilateral descent | line of descent traced through one side of the family | |
| Broader | kinship, family relationship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
| Verbs | descend | come from |
| Meaning | A downward slope or bend. | |
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| Synonyms | declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope | |
| Narrower | downhill | The downward slope of a hill |
| steep | A steep place (as on a hill) | |
| Broader | slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
| Opposite | ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade | An upward slope or grade (as in a road) |
| Catalan | inclinació | |
| Spanish | descenso, inclinación | |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. | |
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| Synonyms | lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
| side | A family line of descent | |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree | successive generations of kin |
| Catalan | llinatge | |
| Verbs | descend | come from |