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{ "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"going down\"", "word": "ascent" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "bilateral descent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "descent group" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "descent vehicle" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "gradient descent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "graduate student descent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "hyperdescent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "hypodescent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "identical by descent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "infinite descent" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "minimum descent altitude" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "recursive descent" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Middle English", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "xno", "3": "descente" }, "expansion": "Anglo-Norman descente", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "xno", "3": "descendre", "4": "", "5": "to descend" }, "expansion": "Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "desant" }, "expansion": "Doublet of desant", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.", "forms": [ { "form": "descents", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "descend" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "64 1 13 3 8 3 9", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "49 1 20 4 9 3 14", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7", "text": "The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601", "text": "To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited", "text": "The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "An instance of descending; act of coming down." ], "id": "en-descent-en-noun-I5rpMD0V", "links": [ [ "descending", "descending" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "nuzūl", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "نُزُول" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "slizane", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "слизане" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "spuskane", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "спускане" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descens" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sestup" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "afdaling" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "descente" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descenso" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "informal", "masculine" ], "word": "Runterweg" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "katábasis", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "κατάβασις" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "instance of descending", "word": "ʻāluna" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "discesa" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "sense": "instance of descending", "word": "降下" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descensus" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "æfdæl" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "zejście" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "descida" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descimento" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "spusk", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спуск" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sxoždenije", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "схождение" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teàrnadh" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sílaz" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sìlazak" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spȕst" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descenso" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "spusk", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спуск" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "spuskannja", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "спускання" }, { "_dis1": "86 0 3 2 2 2 4", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "sxodžennja", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "сходження" } ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "We had difficulty in finding the correct descent." } ], "glosses": [ "A way down." ], "id": "en-descent-en-noun-YQLY-hWc", "links": [ [ "way", "way" ], [ "down", "down" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "slizane", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "слизане" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sestup" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "afdaling" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descensus" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "way down", "word": "heketanga" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "zejście" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "way down", "word": "droga w dół" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "way down", "word": "declive" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "spusk", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спуск" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teàrnadh" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sìlazak" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spȕst" }, { "_dis1": "5 94 1 0 0 0 0", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bajada" } ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery." } ], "glosses": [ "A sloping passage or incline." ], "id": "en-descent-en-noun-KAjGs7nR", "links": [ [ "sloping", "sloping" ], [ "passage", "passage" ], [ "incline", "incline" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "nanadolnište", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "нанадолнище" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spád" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "afdaling" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "word": "helling" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "æfdȳne" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "zejście" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "word": "droga w dół" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teàrnadh" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pàdina" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "òbronak" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "nágib" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 89 1 4 1 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bajada" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "1 0 0 76 5 0 17", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Family", "orig": "en:Family", "parents": [ "People", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Our guide was of Welsh descent." } ], "glosses": [ "Lineage or hereditary derivation." ], "id": "en-descent-en-noun-GWit2-zi", "links": [ [ "Lineage", "lineage" ], [ "hereditary", "hereditary" ], [ "derivation", "derivation" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "afkoms" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "herkoms" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "aṣl", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "اَصْل" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "paxadženʹnje", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "пахаджэньне" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "proizhod", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "произход" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "původ" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "afkomst" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "herkomst" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "syntyperä" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "origine" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendance" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Herkunft" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Abstammung" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendenza" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ckb", "lang": "Central Kurdish", "roman": "bineçek", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "بِنەچەک" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "sdh", "lang": "Southern Kurdish", "roman": "bineçek", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "بِنەچەک" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "avstamning" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "soy", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "صوی" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "nesl", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "نسل" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "zürriyet", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "ذریت" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tabâr", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "تبار" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Häakunft" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "pochodzenie" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendência" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "origem" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "descendência" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "proisxoždénije", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "происхожде́ние" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sinnsearachd" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "porijéklo" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "podrijétlo" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rȏd" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendencia" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "origen" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "abolengo" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "panupling" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 1 94 1 1 2", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "poxodžennja", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "походження" } ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "After that, the holiday went into a steep descent." } ], "glosses": [ "A drop to a lower status or condition; decline." ], "id": "en-descent-en-noun-LEPVH4rC", "links": [ [ "drop", "drop" ], [ "lower", "lower" ], [ "status", "status" ], [ "condition", "condition" ], [ "decline", "decline" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "poniženie", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "понижение" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pád" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Verschlechterung" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "word": "decadência" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ponižénije", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "пониже́ние" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pȃd" }, { "_dis1": "2 0 1 1 93 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descenso" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "A falling upon or 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"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descenso" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "informal", "masculine" ], "word": "Runterweg" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "katábasis", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "κατάβασις" }, { "code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "instance of descending", "word": "ʻāluna" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "discesa" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "sense": "instance of descending", "word": "降下" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "instance of descending", "tags": [ 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"word": "baixada" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sestup" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "afdaling" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descensus" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "way down", "word": "heketanga" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "zejście" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "way down", "word": "droga w dół" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "way down", "word": "declive" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "spusk", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спуск" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teàrnadh" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sìlazak" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spȕst" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "way down", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bajada" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "nanadolnište", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "нанадолнище" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spád" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "afdaling" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "word": "helling" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baixada" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "æfdȳne" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "zejście" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "word": "droga w dół" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "teàrnadh" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pàdina" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "òbronak" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "nágib" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sloping passage or incline", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bajada" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "afkoms" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "herkoms" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "aṣl", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "اَصْل" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "paxadženʹnje", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "пахаджэньне" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "proizhod", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "произход" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "původ" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "afkomst" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "lineage or 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hereditary derivation", "word": "بِنەچەک" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "avstamning" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "soy", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "صوی" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "nesl", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "نسل" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "zürriyet", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "ذریت" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tabâr", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "تبار" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Häakunft" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "pochodzenie" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendência" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "origem" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "descendência" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "proisxoždénije", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "происхожде́ние" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sinnsearachd" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "porijéklo" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "podrijétlo" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rȏd" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ascendencia" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "origen" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "abolengo" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "word": "panupling" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "poxodžennja", "sense": "lineage or hereditary derivation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "походження" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "poniženie", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "понижение" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pád" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Abstieg" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Verschlechterung" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "word": "decadência" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ponižénije", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "пониже́ние" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pȃd" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "drop to a lower status or condition", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "descenso" } ], "wikipedia": [ "descent" ], "word": "descent" }
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