descent
The last stage of a journey downwards, especially of an aircraft before landing.
Having ancestors from Europe.
Having ancestors from Africa.
Similar to 'fast descent', often used in technical or formal contexts.
A descent with a sharp, difficult angle.
Used to describe a quick downward movement, especially for aircraft or vehicles.
Describes a downward movement that is not fast.
A descent with a slight, not steep, angle.
A slow and steady descent over a longer distance or time.
Having ancestors from different ethnic or national groups.
Emphasizes speed and smoothness, a slightly more literary term.
A descent that is hard to navigate or endure.
Refers to sharing a single ancestor or origin.
A downward journey that covers a great distance.
Refers to being a direct blood relative of an ancestor.
A descent that is simple and not challenging.
A more formal or legal term for direct descent.
The speed at which something is moving downwards.
Indicates the national or ethnic origin of a person's ancestors.
A sequence of people who are related to each other through successive generations.
Indicates the starting point of the descent or the ancestor in a lineage.
Often used figuratively to describe a decline into a negative state (e.g., madness, chaos).
Indicates something happening in the time period of the downward movement.
Similar to 'during', indicates an event occurring while moving down.
Indicates the destination or endpoint of the downward movement.
Used to explain that a quality (like nationality) is acquired through one's ancestors.
Specifies the path or object being descended (e.g., down the mountain).
To start the process of moving downwards.
Similar to 'begin descent', a common alternative.
To perform the action of moving downwards.
To reduce the speed of a downward movement.
To state that you are a descendant of someone.
To keep moving downwards without stopping.
To have the same ancestor as someone else.
To find and follow the line of one's ancestors.
To possess a particular family origin or ancestry.