Topic: FAMILY
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de‧scent
1 [uncountable and countable] formal the process of going down [≠ ascent]: Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.
Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.2 [uncountable]SSF your family origins, especially your nationality or relationship to someone important who lived a long time ago
3 [countable]TTR a path or road that goes down a slope [≠ ascent]
descent from/to There is no direct descent from the summit.
There is no direct descent from the summit.4 [singular] a gradual change towards behaviour or a situation that is very bad
5 [singular] British English a sudden unwanted visit or attack : the descent on the town by a motorcycle gang
the descent on the town by a motorcycle gang