LEARNit Dictionary
descent
noun
/dɪˈsent/
UK
/dɪˈsent/
US
C1+
1
C1+
an action of coming or going down
فرود, نزول, پایین آمدن
opposite
ascent
2
a slope going downwards
سرازیری, شیب, سرپایینی
There is a gradual descent to the sea.
opposite
ascent
3
a person’s family origins
تبار, اصل و نسب, نژاد
to be of Scottish descent
He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
synonym
ancestry