descendant

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

descendent

1.
(not comparable)Descending; going down.
The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
2.
(not comparable)Descending from a biological ancestor.
Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
3.
(not comparable)Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

descendants

1.
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
2.
(figuratively)A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
3.
(biology) A later evolutionary type.
Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
4.
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
5.
(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Đồng nghĩa: reflex, derivative
6.
(astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

reflex derivativeafterbearoffspring relative scion

Trái nghĩa

ancestor progenitor forefatherforemotheretymon ascendantforebearascendentascending;montantascendant, ascendent, ascending

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Afrodescendantdescendantlessnondescendantdirect descendantindirect descendantdescendancyoffspring offshoot progeny

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French -, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (to climb, ascend).