Dictionary entry

Descent

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnt/

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɛnt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အဆင်း။ အကျ။ သက်ဆင်းကျရောက်ခြင်း။ ဆင်ခြေလျှော။ သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်။ မျိုးရိုး။ မျိုးနွယ်။

Definition

descent /dÇ'sent/ n ၁။ (က) [C usu sing ] အဆင္း။ အက်။ သက္ဆင္းက်ေရာက္ျခင္း။ The plane began its descent towards Yangon airport. ❍ ( fig ) the country's swift descent into anarchy. (ခ) [C] ဆင္ေျခေလွ်ာ။ Here there is a gradual descent to the sea. Compare ASCENT ၂။ [U] ~ (from sb) သားစဥ္ေျမးဆက္။ မ်ဳိး႐ိုး။ မ်ဳိးႏြယ္။ be of French descent ❍ He traces his (line of ) descent from the Stuart Kings.

Examples

  1. The plane made a sudden descent.
  2. [be of Irish/Polish etc descent] : They’re all of Irish descent.
  3. [by descent] : My mother is German by descent.
  4. [descent into/to] : Her gradual descent into alcoholism
  5. My in-laws’ descent upon us last Sunday