Antonym: ascent. Similar words: descend, condescend, condescension, senescent, quiescent, adolescent, phosphorescent, obsolescence. Meaning: [dɪ'sent] n. 1. a movement downward 2. properties attributable to your ancestry 3. the act of changing your location in a downward direction 4. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors 5. a downward slope or bend 6. the descendants of one individual.
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61 He closed the throttle for a descent into Waddington.
62 They made a long, unhurried descent.
63 The presidential plane was making its final descent.
64 That afternoon we made a laborious but uneventful descent down the north east face and retrieved our skis.
65 We inched up over the ridge and began our descent on to the high, tree-stippled plateau of far western Chihuahua.
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66 Occasional cairns led us to a challenging rocky descent into another forest, full of rhododendron blossom, pine scents and birdsong.
67 The leak forced a controlled descent of the giant balloon about 250 kilometres to the west of the launch site.
68 Instead, descent with modification uncovers the biography hidden in every sentence and reconstructs the past of those who speak them.
69 The climb lies on a wall just above the east descent route in the back corner of the quarry.
70 In fact there is no direct link between the status of women and the reckoning of descent in one line or another.
71 Confessional status had become the basis for an exclusive descent group.
72 This was the formula whereby the law made provision for the descent of landed estates within a line.
73 The truck roared and ripped down the last descent to the river valley.
74 And waited in rage and self-recrimination as the elevator began its irrevocable descent?
75 Some one hit the down button and the Oval once again began its forty-foot descent into the earth.
76 Twittering song uttered in soaring display flight[sentencedict.com], followed by butterfly-like descent with wings raised and a final plumb drop.
77 When we reached the start after a nervous descent there were no fewer than seven climbers ahead of us.
78 In other words, the random loss of certain lines of descent will mean that the average number of defects gradually increases.
79 The descent engine occupied the centre section, with the propellant tanks arranged symmetrically round the outside to balance the weight distribution.
80 Steadily it turned, gradually gaining speed when he started his descent and gravity took over.
81 The sun was low in the sky as we worked our way carefully down the descent slopes and gullies.
82 Her morning descent to the kitchen was for her a moment of happiness and importance.
83 Passengers said the cabin shook violently during the plane's descent.
84 There are many reasons one could argue for this descent into retirement.
85 It was traditional for princelings to commission elaborate genealogies alleging their descent from mythical heroes or gods.
86 A catalogue of misconceived ideas has preceded our descent into chaos.
87 The Main Face includes all the cliff stretching rightwards from here, with easy descent being made down Simon Gully.
88 Previously a runner could choose to make the 900 foot ascent on the same direct route as the descent.
89 Having done that, the men were then able to change the system of descent from matriliny to patriliny.
90 The engineers used the idea that moulds life itself: descent with modification.
More similar words: descend, condescend, condescension, senescent, quiescent, adolescent, phosphorescent, obsolescence, acquiescence, behind the scenes, scent, ascent, nascent, reminiscent, transcendent, scene, describe, acquiesce, ascend, descartes, convalesce, scenery, description, scenario, Cent., prescient, escarpment, centre, accent, per cent.