Definition of descendant in English:

descendant

noun dɪˈsɛnd(ə)ntdəˈsɛndənt

1A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
she's a descendant of Charles Darwin
Example sentencesExamples
- Eventually, the DNA materials may be able to link the crew members with their living descendants.
- Until 1994, the company was owned by the descendants of the founders.
- People also expect the deceased to maintain interest in their descendants, as ancestral spirits.
- Birds - the feathered descendants of the dinosaurs - fascinate her.
- All three of us here are living descendants of that powerful family.
- The preferred marriage partner should come from the same neighborhood and be a descendant of a common ancestor.
- How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants?
- The people who attend them are first-generation immigrants or more likely their second and third generation descendants.
- Their wanderings ceased when they reached the beautiful mountain home where their descendants live today.
- Will our descendants live most of their lives in a virtual reality?
- Most biologists consider it the direct descendant of the ancestor of the domesticated two-humped species.
- As time passes, these species, together with their various descendant species, continue to diverge.
- If they did, it would mark them as descendants of a common ancestor.
- He had made something of himself despite the fact he had most likely been a descendant of a slave.
- The lineal descendants of a farmer have the first right to purchase a farm.
- They disappeared along with the dinosaurs when that period ended, leaving no modern descendants.
- Some of the plaintiffs are direct descendants of those early settlers.
- Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs.
- My ancestors were priests, but none of the present generation descendants are priests.
- Their descendants have been left in a quandary.
Synonyms
successor, scion
offshoot, heir
(descendants), offspring, progeny, issue, family, lineage, line
archaic posterity, seed, fruit, fruit of someone's loins
1. 1.1 A machine, artefact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version.
  house music is a descendant of disco
  Example sentencesExamples
  The internet is not the descendant of the telephone, nor has it replaced it.
  An argument can be made that since so many Cajun pioneers copied the Creole accordionist that Cajun music is a descendant of Creole music. But that's another column.
  The project is a direct descendant of the Learning Design Tools project and other predecessor projects in the E-learning and Pedagogy programme.

Usage

The correct spelling for the noun meaning ‘person descended from a particular ancestor’ is descendant, not -ent. Descendent is a less common adjective meaning ‘descending from an ancestor’. Almost 15 per cent of the citations for the term in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'descending'): from French, present participle of descendre 'to descend' (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.

Rhymes

appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendent, intendant, interdependent, pendant, pendent, splendent, superintendent, transcendent

Definition of descendant in US English:

descendant

noundəˈsendəntdəˈsɛndənt

1A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
Shakespeare's last direct descendant
Example sentencesExamples
- People also expect the deceased to maintain interest in their descendants, as ancestral spirits.
- They disappeared along with the dinosaurs when that period ended, leaving no modern descendants.
- Their wanderings ceased when they reached the beautiful mountain home where their descendants live today.
- Will our descendants live most of their lives in a virtual reality?
- As time passes, these species, together with their various descendant species, continue to diverge.
- Their descendants have been left in a quandary.
- He had made something of himself despite the fact he had most likely been a descendant of a slave.
- The preferred marriage partner should come from the same neighborhood and be a descendant of a common ancestor.
- Until 1994, the company was owned by the descendants of the founders.
- If they did, it would mark them as descendants of a common ancestor.
- Some of the plaintiffs are direct descendants of those early settlers.
- Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs.
- All three of us here are living descendants of that powerful family.
- The people who attend them are first-generation immigrants or more likely their second and third generation descendants.
- How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants?
- Eventually, the DNA materials may be able to link the crew members with their living descendants.
- Most biologists consider it the direct descendant of the ancestor of the domesticated two-humped species.
- Birds - the feathered descendants of the dinosaurs - fascinate her.
- My ancestors were priests, but none of the present generation descendants are priests.
- The lineal descendants of a farmer have the first right to purchase a farm.
Synonyms
successor, scion
1. 1.1 A machine, artifact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version.
  Example sentencesExamples
  An argument can be made that since so many Cajun pioneers copied the Creole accordionist that Cajun music is a descendant of Creole music. But that's another column.
  The project is a direct descendant of the Learning Design Tools project and other predecessor projects in the E-learning and Pedagogy programme.
  The internet is not the descendant of the telephone, nor has it replaced it.

Usage

The correct spelling for the noun meaning ‘person descended from a particular ancestor’ is descendant, ending with the suffix -ant, not -ent (as in she claims to be a descendant of Paul Revere). The word descendent is an adjective, now used almost exclusively in scientific contexts, meaning ‘descending from an ancestor’ (as in extinct species are replaced by descendent species). Almost 15 percent of the citations for the noun in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.

单词	descendant
释义	Definition of descendant in English: descendant noun dɪˈsɛnd(ə)ntdəˈsɛndənt 1A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor. she's a descendant of Charles Darwin Example sentencesExamples Eventually, the DNA materials may be able to link the crew members with their living descendants. Until 1994, the company was owned by the descendants of the founders. People also expect the deceased to maintain interest in their descendants, as ancestral spirits. Birds - the feathered descendants of the dinosaurs - fascinate her. All three of us here are living descendants of that powerful family. The preferred marriage partner should come from the same neighborhood and be a descendant of a common ancestor. How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants? The people who attend them are first-generation immigrants or more likely their second and third generation descendants. Their wanderings ceased when they reached the beautiful mountain home where their descendants live today. Will our descendants live most of their lives in a virtual reality? Most biologists consider it the direct descendant of the ancestor of the domesticated two-humped species. As time passes, these species, together with their various descendant species, continue to diverge. If they did, it would mark them as descendants of a common ancestor. He had made something of himself despite the fact he had most likely been a descendant of a slave. The lineal descendants of a farmer have the first right to purchase a farm. They disappeared along with the dinosaurs when that period ended, leaving no modern descendants. Some of the plaintiffs are direct descendants of those early settlers. Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs. My ancestors were priests, but none of the present generation descendants are priests. Their descendants have been left in a quandary. Synonyms successor, scion offshoot, heir (descendants), offspring, progeny, issue, family, lineage, line archaic posterity, seed, fruit, fruit of someone's loins 1.1 A machine, artefact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version. house music is a descendant of disco Example sentencesExamples The internet is not the descendant of the telephone, nor has it replaced it. An argument can be made that since so many Cajun pioneers copied the Creole accordionist that Cajun music is a descendant of Creole music. But that's another column. The project is a direct descendant of the Learning Design Tools project and other predecessor projects in the E-learning and Pedagogy programme. Usage The correct spelling for the noun meaning ‘person descended from a particular ancestor’ is descendant, not -ent. Descendent is a less common adjective meaning ‘descending from an ancestor’. Almost 15 per cent of the citations for the term in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'descending'): from French, present participle of descendre 'to descend' (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century. Rhymes appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendent, intendant, interdependent, pendant, pendent, splendent, superintendent, transcendent Definition of descendant in US English: descendant noundəˈsendəntdəˈsɛndənt 1A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor. Shakespeare's last direct descendant Example sentencesExamples People also expect the deceased to maintain interest in their descendants, as ancestral spirits. They disappeared along with the dinosaurs when that period ended, leaving no modern descendants. Their wanderings ceased when they reached the beautiful mountain home where their descendants live today. Will our descendants live most of their lives in a virtual reality? As time passes, these species, together with their various descendant species, continue to diverge. Their descendants have been left in a quandary. He had made something of himself despite the fact he had most likely been a descendant of a slave. The preferred marriage partner should come from the same neighborhood and be a descendant of a common ancestor. Until 1994, the company was owned by the descendants of the founders. If they did, it would mark them as descendants of a common ancestor. Some of the plaintiffs are direct descendants of those early settlers. Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs. All three of us here are living descendants of that powerful family. The people who attend them are first-generation immigrants or more likely their second and third generation descendants. How important is ethnicity for the descendants of emigrants? Eventually, the DNA materials may be able to link the crew members with their living descendants. Most biologists consider it the direct descendant of the ancestor of the domesticated two-humped species. Birds - the feathered descendants of the dinosaurs - fascinate her. My ancestors were priests, but none of the present generation descendants are priests. The lineal descendants of a farmer have the first right to purchase a farm. Synonyms successor, scion 1.1 A machine, artifact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version. Example sentencesExamples An argument can be made that since so many Cajun pioneers copied the Creole accordionist that Cajun music is a descendant of Creole music. But that's another column. The project is a direct descendant of the Learning Design Tools project and other predecessor projects in the E-learning and Pedagogy programme. The internet is not the descendant of the telephone, nor has it replaced it. Usage The correct spelling for the noun meaning ‘person descended from a particular ancestor’ is descendant, ending with the suffix -ant, not -ent (as in she claims to be a descendant of Paul Revere). The word descendent is an adjective, now used almost exclusively in scientific contexts, meaning ‘descending from an ancestor’ (as in extinct species are replaced by descendent species). Almost 15 percent of the citations for the noun in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.
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