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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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plummet
English
Etymology
From Middle English plommet (“ball of lead", "plumb of a bob-line”), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (“lead", "sounding lead”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings", from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pl?m.?t/
- Rhymes: -?m?t
Noun
plummet (plural plummets)
- (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 3
- I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 3
- (archaic) Hence, any weight
- 1945, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company (1945), page #93:
- His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.
- 1945, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company (1945), page #93:
- (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
- A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
- Violent or dramatic fall
- (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop
Translations
Verb
plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummeting or plummetting, simple past and past participle plummeted or plummetted)
- (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
- After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.
Synonyms
- (to drop swiftly): dive, drop, fall
Antonyms
- (to drop swiftly): ascend, rise, rocket, soar, skyrocket
Translations
See also
- plumb line
- plumb
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “plummet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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