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Descendant

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪˈsɛndənt

Definitions

  1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
    figuratively
  3. A later evolutionary type.
  4. A language that is descended from another.
  5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
  6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

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Examples

“Meronyms: issue⟳, line, progeny; family; clan”
“The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.”
“This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.”
“Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.”
“English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.”
“The direct⟳ descendant of this form⟳ is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Descendants Descended descendence descendency Descendent descendentalism

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