1 [C,usually sing.] an action of coming or going down:
The plane began its descent to Heathrow. * (figurative) the country's swift descent into anarchy
OPPASCENT
2 [C] a slope going downwards:
There is a gradual descent to the sea.
OPPASCENT
3 [U] (from sb) a person's family origins
SYNANCESTRY:
to be of Scottish descent * He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
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