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Word:
descent
IPA transcription: [dɪs'ɛnt]
Pronunciations of descent
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
descent
Meaning:
a movement downward
Synonyms:
origin, descent, extraction
Meaning:
properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
Synonyms:
descent
Meaning:
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Usage examples
VERTICAL DESCENT
THE CONTINUED DESCENT
My silence was taken for consent and the descent went on.
Cautiously, and leaning well upon the stout baluster, he began the descent.
We know, now what you underwent when you suspected my descent, and when you knew it.
It was very gracefully and easily done, and a burst of applause greeted his descent.
A descent of seven hours consecutively is not made without considerable expenditure of strength.
It was effected in profound silence, broken only by the descent of loosened stones down the dark gulf.
This mysterious mood lasted long enough to start him on his dreadful descent and to force him to continue it.
Its almost perpendicular walls were bristling with innumerable projections which would facilitate the descent.
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