Descendant definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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2. a person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc. 3. something ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'descendant'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× descendant (dɪsendənt ) Wordforms:pluraldescendants 1. countablenoun[usuallyplural,usuallywithposs] Someone'sdescendantsarethepeopleinlatergenerationswhoarerelatedtothem. TheyaredescendantsoftheoriginalEnglishandScottishsettlers.[+of] ...LordCochraneandhisdescendants. Synonyms:successor,child,issue,son MoreSynonymsofdescendant 2. countablenoun Somethingmodernwhichdevelopedfromanolderthingcanbecalledadescendantofit. Hisdesignwasadescendantofa1956device.[+of] Theyarethedescendantsofplantsimportedbytheearlysettlers. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof descendant Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'descendant' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'descendant' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'odonatology' HindiTranslationof'descendant' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency descendantinBritishEnglish (dɪˈsɛndənt ) noun1. aperson,animal,orplantwhendescribedasdescendedfromanindividual,race,species,etc 2. somethingthatderivesorisdescendedfromanearlierform adjective3. avariantspellingofdescendent CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency DescendantinBritishEnglish (dɪˈsɛndənt ) nounastrology thepointontheeclipticlyingdirectlyoppositetheAscendant CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency descendantinAmericanEnglish (diˈsɛndənt ;dɪˈsɛndənt ) adjective1.  descending:alsodeˈscendent noun2.  apersonwhoisanoffspring,howeverremote,ofacertainancestor,family,group,etc. 3.  somethingthatderivesfromanearlierform Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEdescendaunt



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