Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hereditary peer, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hillary Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Waterfall Gully, South Australia, License CC BY-SA 4.0