descend
verb
/diˈsɛnd/
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/dəˈsɛnd/
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/dɪˈsɛnd/
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- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- (reflexive) To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- (intransitive, often, passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
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descender
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- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
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descender,
bajar
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descendant
noun
/dɪˈsendənt/
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/dɪˈsɛndənt/
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- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
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descendiente
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descendant
adjective
/dɪˈsendənt/
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/dɪˈsɛndənt/
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- Descending from a biological ancestor.
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descendiente,
postremo
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descender
noun
/dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
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- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- (typography, uncommon) A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
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descensor
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