descent

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An instance of descending; act of coming down.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A way down.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A sloping passage or incline.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Lineage or hereditary derivation.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A falling upon or invasion.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

Concepten

afdaling
daling
afkomst

neerdaling

helling
afstamming
verval
val
landing
ondergang
ontaarding
rampspoed
tegenspoed

verflauwing

verlaging
vermindering
vernedering

verootmoediging

verwording

zinken

degradatie

kleinering

verzakking
achteruitgang

daalstroom

afvaart

baring

besnoeiing

debâcle

degeneratie

geboorte
herkomst
Synoniemen

lineage
C2
origin
C1
ancestry
24k
fall
A2
pedigree
22k
declivity
decline
C1
extraction
C2
parentage
family
A1
👪
stock
B2

line of descent

line
A1
slope
C2
birth
B1
source
B1
going down
blood
A1
🩸
downslope
downhill
C2
bloodline
C2
race
A2

downward slope

subsidence
sinking
C1
dip
C1

blood line

descending
C2
landing
B2
filiation
derivation
falling
B1
alighting
declination
declension
drop
A2
stemma
strain
C1
relegation
lowering
C2
clan
B2
kind
A1
emanation
dropping
B2
decrease
C2
provenance
35k
debarkation
cut
A1
curtailment
couching
Vertalingen

descente
discesa
descenso
origine
Abstieg
bajada
descendance
Abstammung
Herkunft
discendenza

κατάβαση

origen
abaissement
calata
Sinken
Frequentie

C1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dɪˈsɛnt/
Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.

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