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Noun  /Dɪˈsent   Alçalma Iniş Köken Descent C1  Descent 

Level C1 
Kind noun
Front descent 
IPA  /dɪˈsent   / noun
Back alçalma, iniş
soy, köken
Back 2

descent (noun)

 /dɪˈsent   / noun
 
 1 [countable]
a movement down to a lower place
alçalma, iniş
 The pilot informed us that we were about to begin our descent.
OPPOSITE ASCENT
 2 [uncountable]
sb's family origins
soy, köken
 He is of Italian descent.
 

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