'descent' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'descent' with 3 example sentences.
- descent noun
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: a movement downward
: properties attributable to your ancestry
: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
: a downward slope or bend
: the hereditary derivation of an individual
This word is of Latin descent.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin our descent.
The plane began its descent.