descent
/dɪˈsɛnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈsɛnt/
dɪˈsɛnt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
dɪ - ˈsɛnt -> descent
Myanmar meaning
(n) အဆင်း။ အကျ။ သက်ဆင်းကျရောက်ခြင်း။ ဆင်ခြေလျှော။ သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်။ မျိုးရိုး။ မျိုးနွယ်။
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၁။ (က) [C usu sing ] အဆင်း။ အကျ။ သက်ဆင်းကျရောက်ခြင်း။
The plane began its descent towards Yangon airport. ❍ (fig ) the country's swift descent into anarchy.
(ခ) [C] ဆင်ခြေလျှော။
Here there is a gradual descent to the sea. Compare ASCENT
၂။ [U] ~ (from sb) သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်။ မျိုးရိုး။ မျိုးနွယ်။
be of French descent ❍ He traces his (line of ) descent from the Stuart Kings.
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fall, drop, dive, tumble, plunge, crash, abasement, advance, ancestry, anticlimax, assault, attack, background, blood, cadence, cave-in, coast, comedown, coming down, debasement, decadence, declension, declination, decline, declivity, degeneration, degradation, depreciation, deterioration, dip, discomfiture, down, downcome, downfall, downgrade, downward spiral, droop, drop-off, extraction, falling, family, family tree, foray, genealogy, grade, gradient, header, heredity, hill, inclination, incline, incursion, invasion, landslide, lapse, lineage, origin, parentage, pathos, pedigree, plummeting, plunging, pounce, precipitation, prolapse, raid, relationship, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, slump, succession, swoop, tailspin, topple
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