Definitions for descent

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descent de·scent

Spelling: [dih-sent]

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnt/

Descent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in descent (cdeenst).

Definitions for descent

noun

1. the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
2. a downward inclination or slope. Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.
3. a passage or stairway leading down.
4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. Synonyms: ancestry, parentage, origin.
5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline. Synonyms: decrease, drop, plunge, decline, lessening, contraction, downturn.
6. a sudden raid or hostile attack. Synonyms: assault, foray; raid, incursion, sneak attack.
7. Law. transmission of real property by intestate succession.

Origin of descent

1300-50; Middle English Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre to descend, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre

Examples for descent

I continued the descent, and crossed the creek to where the unfortunate Tulp was waiting for me.

His descent into the street was like the descent into a slimy aquarium from which the water had been run off.

To make up for his indiscretion, K. suggested a descent to the river.

The feisty airline is the brainchild of entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian of Indian descent who also is a British citizen.

Just 0.5 percent of Ferguson is of Asian descent, according to 2010 U.S. Census data.

Our journey must now be compared to the descent from cloud-land in a balloon.

His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.

But then the summit gives way to the other side of the hill, and a childlike glee arises from the whooooosh of the descent.

This descent and all of its trials serve as metaphors for the brutal task of breaking the chains of guilt, fear, and doubt.

Traces of the French descent which the widow boasted of were apparent in Winnie too.