English to Frisian Meaning of descent - ôfstamming

Descent :

ôfstamming

noun

oankomst, ôfstamming, désastre, neiteam, hûs, folksstam, famylje, klasse, delkomme, kâlde, oanfal, ynvaazje, Switters, oanfalle, Keamer, thús, timpel, Groove, female, generaasje, persoan, siel, verergering, ferdoarnens, groep, groepearje ynfoegje, berch, rigel

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Definitions of descent in English

Noun(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

Examples of descent in English

(1) From there a steep descent north took us to the edge of another plantation where a well-used footpath dropped down through the trees to a broad track.(2) A sudden descent by a Roumanian army into Transylvania on August 30th was hailed as the harbinger of further successes.(3) His mother was of Huguenot descent ; his father died six months after his birth.(4) I knew I could get the better of him on the descent even though I fell a number of times.(5) These entries suggest that people of African origins or descent , although very much a minority, were not unusual in sixteenth-century London.(6) Anyone driving north on the N2 this week should keep their eyes peeled just before the steep descent to the old bridge.(7) the settlers were of Cornish descent(8) the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism(9) The result has been an unintended descent into confusion.(10) The descent was not steep at all and I could go down there as well as anyone.(11) But even they can't entirely salvage the mixture from a gradual descent into mediocrity.(12) From the steep descent he turned aside into the deer path by which he had come, and when he reached the beach he paused and turned, raising his eyes up the length of the waterfall to where he thought the rock and the pool might be.(13) a steep, badly eroded descent(14) the plane had gone into a steep descent(15) Umbilical hernias occur more often in premature infants and those of African American descent .(16) The absence of any semblance of discipline is to blame for this descent into moral turpitude.

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Synonyms

Noun

1. dive ::

dûke

2. downward climb ::

delgeande klim

3. slope ::

skeante

4. decline ::

ferfal

5. ancestry ::

ancestry

6. inheritance ::

erfenis

7. attack ::

oanfal

8. bloodline ::

bloodline

9. extraction ::

winning

10. line of descent ::

line fan komôf

Antonyms

1. ascent ::

ascent

2. climb ::

klim

3. rise ::

opstean

4. rising ::

rising

5. soaring ::

soaring

6. upturn ::

upturn

Different Forms

descent, descents

Word Example from TV Shows

...an online blog depicting his DESCENT into drug use...

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 10

This might be the first step of my DESCENT into madness.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 10

Sheldon Cooper's DESCENT into madness. Day two.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 10

the charlatan who claimed DESCENT from the Children of the Forest.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5

Okay, the NASA website says Howard's final DESCENT has begun.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 4

Examples of descent from TV Shows

...an online blog depicting his DESCENT into drug use...

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 10

This might be the first step of my DESCENT into madness.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 10

Sheldon Cooper's DESCENT into madness. Day two.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 10

the charlatan who claimed DESCENT from the Children of the Forest.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5

Okay, the NASA website says Howard's final DESCENT has begun.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 4

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