descent
UK/dɪˈsɛnt//dəˈsɛnt/
descent noun: an instance of descending; act of coming down.
Noun
descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
- The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7
- A way down.
- We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
- A sloping passage or incline.
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- Our guide was of Welsh descent.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
descent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
descent in Hindi
- instance of descending
- अवरोहण avrohaṇ, अवरोह avroh
descent in Tamil
- instance of descending
- இறக்கம் iṟakkam, இறங்குகை iṟaṅkukai
descent in Marathi
- descent
- उतार utār
descent in Urdu
- descent
- اوتار avtār
- descent, fall
- اتار utār
More languagesFewer languages
- descent in Malayalam
- ഇടിവ് iṭivŭ
- descent in Kannada
- ಅವಸರ avasara
- descent in Sanskrit
- निपात nipāta, अवसर avasara
- descent in Tagalog
- panupling
- descent in Arabic
- نُزُول nuzūl, اَصْل aṣl
- descent in Indonesian
- keturunan
- descent in Persian
- تبار tabâr
Examples of descent in a sentence
- To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:
Antonyms of descent
Forms of descent
| plural | descents |
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Origin of descent
From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
Words formed from descent
Phrases with descent
Words that rhyme with descent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about descent
- What does descent mean?
- Descent means an instance of descending; act of coming down.
- What is descent in Hindi?
- Descent in Hindi is अवरोहण (avrohaṇ), अवरोह (avroh). See Descent meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use descent in a sentence?
- To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.
- What part of speech is descent?
- Descent is a noun.
- How do you pronounce descent?
- Descent is pronounced /dɪˈsɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of descent?
- The plural of descent is descents.
Words near descent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: descent (page history and authors); उतार (Marathi) (page history and authors); اتار (Urdu) (page history and authors); ഇടിവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅವಸರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); अवसर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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