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Urdu Meanings, Pronounciation and Synonyms:

descent

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:

Slow

Normal

Noun: descent

1. descent
A movement downward	اترائی۔
2. descent [ Synonyms: extraction, origin]
Properties attributable to your ancestry "he comes from good origins";	وراثت۔
3. descent
The act of changing your location in a downward direction
4. descent [ Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall]
A downward slope or bend	جھکاوٴ۔ جھکنا۔ نیچے کی طرف۔ ڈھلوان۔
5. descent [ Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock]
The descendants of one individual "his entire lineage has been warriors";	خاندان۔ اولاد۔ پیڑھی۔ نسل۔

Lexical Analysis

Derived Words:

decline, declivitous, descend, fall, lineal, parent

Antonyms:

ascent

Generic Words:

ancestry, change of location, derivation, family tree, filiation, genealogy, incline, lineage, motion, move, movement, side, slope, travel

Specific Words:

abseil, cascade, collapse, crash dive, dive, downhill, drop, fall, family, family line, flop, folk, full blood, jump, kinfolk, kinsfolk, lightening, nose dive, nosedive, parachuting, phratry, rappel, sept, set, shower, side, sinking, slide, steep, swoop

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