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descendant

adjective noun

Proceeding by descent from an ancestor

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
D
Ends with
T
Contains
ES
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dɪˈsɛndənt

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adjective

  1. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor

    “Descendent gene”

adjective

  1. Going or coming down

noun

  1. A person considered as descended from some ancestor

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Descendent gene

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