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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•scent /dɪˈsɛnt/USA pronunciation n. - the act, process, or fact of descending:[countable]The spectators watched the descent of the balloon.
- a downward inclination or slope:[countable]a gradual descent to the lake.
- ancestry;
the line tracing births to an ancestor:[uncountable]He traces his descent to a small village in Thrace.
See -scend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•scent (di sent′),USA pronunciation n. - the act, process, or fact of descending.
- a downward inclination or slope.
- a passage or stairway leading down.
- derivation from an ancestor;
lineage;
extraction. - any passing from higher to lower in degree or state;
decline. - a sudden raid or hostile attack.
- Lawtransmission of real property by intestate succession.
- Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre to descend, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre
- Middle English 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged falling, sinking.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decline, grade, declivity.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ancestry, parentage.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assault, foray.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: descent /dɪˈsɛnt/ n - the act of descending
- a downward slope or inclination
- a passage, path, or way leading downwards
- derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage
- (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage
- a decline or degeneration
- a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower
- (often followed by on) a sudden and overwhelming arrival or attack
- (formerly) the transmission of real property to the heir on an intestacy
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