descendant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- descendant noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
- downstream adj Further along in the direction a river or fluid is flowing.
- progeny noun Offspring or descendants, considered together.
- scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.
Senses
descendant is used for these senses in English:
- descendant One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- descendant (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- downstream Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
- progeny (uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- scion A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
descendant — full definition
- noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
- noun Something that develops from, or is a later version of, an earlier thing.
downstream — full definition
- adj Further along in the direction a river or fluid is flowing.
- adj Happening later in a process, or affected by an earlier stage of it.