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descendance — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
  • offspring noun A person's child, or an animal's or plant's young.
  • progeny noun Offspring or descendants, considered together.

Senses

descendance is used for these senses in English:

  • issue The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
  • issue (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
  • lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • offspring An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  • progeny (uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

issue — full definition

  1. noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  2. noun A single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or comic.
  3. verb To officially give out, publish, or send something into circulation.

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