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Engelsk navneord: descent

1. descent (om begivenhed) a movement downward


Mindre specifikke termerchange of location, travel


Mere specifikke termercascade, drop, fall, lightening, set, shower, sinking, slide

2. descent (om egenskab) properties attributable to your ancestry


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe comes from good origins.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)extraction, origin


Mindre specifikke termerancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage


Mere specifikke termerfull blood

3. descent (om handling) the act of changing your location in a downward direction


Mindre specifikke termermotion, move, movement


Mere specifikke termerabseil, collapse, crash dive, dive, drop, flop, jump, nose dive, nosedive, parachuting, rappel, swoop

4. descent the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)filiation, line of descent, lineage


Mindre specifikke termerfamily relationship, kinship, relationship


Mere specifikke termerbilateral descent, unilateral descent

5. descent (om ting) a downward slope or bend


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall


Mindre specifikke termerincline, side, slope


Mere specifikke termerdownhill, steep


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, raise, rise

6. descent (om gruppe) the descendants of one individual


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHis entire lineage has been warriors.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock


Mindre specifikke termerfamily tree, genealogy


Mere specifikke termerfamily, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side









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