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descent
English
Etymology
From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??s?nt/
- Homophones: dissent (for some dialects)
Noun
descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- 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 in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- 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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with decent.
Antonyms
- (going down): ascent
Derived terms
- hypodescent, hyperdescent
Related terms
- descend
Translations
Further reading
- descent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- descent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- cedents, scented
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colombian
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
colombian m (definite singular colombianen, indefinite plural colombianar, definite plural colombianane)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by colombianar
Swedish
Etymology
Colombia +? -an
Noun
colombian c
- Colombian; a person from Colombia
Declension
See also
- colombianska
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