"descent" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Going up the mountain was very tiring, but the descent seemed easier."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descent is the act of going down something, for example a mountain."
      ],
      "id": "simple-descent-en-noun-SGpZVf4v",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The descent on the east side of the mountain was particularly difficult."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descent is the way down something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-descent-en-noun-Koe96We7",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The president was of African American descent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person's descent is where they or their family come from."
      ],
      "id": "simple-descent-en-noun-HjiEEoLt"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-descent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "descent"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "descent",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Going up the mountain was very tiring, but the descent seemed easier."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descent is the act of going down something, for example a mountain."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The descent on the east side of the mountain was particularly difficult."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descent is the way down something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The president was of African American descent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person's descent is where they or their family come from."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-descent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "descent"
}