help its with my homework!what is the meaning of descendant?

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please ask it today I have to turn in my vocabulary meanings today/march 26!!!!HELP!!!(still a kid)

Answer 1

It means offspring. Example you are a decendant of your mother and father. Here is the official definition from dictionary.com:

de·scend·ant /dɪˈsɛndənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-sen-duhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple.
4. Astrology. a. the point opposite the ascendant.
b. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac setting below the western horizon at the time of a birth or of an event.
c. the cusp of the seventh house.

Answer 2

There are actually several meanings for descendant. One is someone who is descended from an earlier generation. For example, George W. Bush is a descendant of George Bush Sr. Prince Charles is a descendant of Queen Elizabeth. Seabiscuit was a descendent of Man O' War (both very famous racehorses)
Descendent (or descendant, both spellings are correct) is also used in astrology to mean a star that is moving towards the horizon.
Descendent is also used when talking about things like engineering projects. For example, the computer you are working on now is a descendent of the early computers, that took up vast amounts of space and were not able to do a fraction of what today's laptop can do.
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Answer 3

–noun
1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple.
4. Astrology.
a. the point opposite the ascendant.
b. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac setting below the western horizon at the time of a birth or of an event.
c. the cusp of the seventh house.
–adjective
5. descending; descendent.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME descendaunt (adj.) < OF descendant, prp. of descendre. See descend, -ant]
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de·scen·dant (dĭ-sěn'dənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A person, animal, or plant whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
2. Something derived from a prototype or earlier form: Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.
3. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.


adj. Variant of descendent.

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de·scen·dent also de·scen·dant (dĭ-sěn'dənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Moving downward; descending.
2. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.


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descendant

adjective
1. going or coming down

noun
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [ant: ancestor]


Main Entry: de·scen·dant
Variant: also de·scen·dent /di-'sen-d&nt/
Function: noun
: a blood relative of a later generation

Answer 4

de·scend·ant
–noun 1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form.
3. an adherent who follows closely the teachings, methods, practices, etc., of an earlier master, as in art, music, philosophy, etc.; disciple.
4. Astrology. a. the point opposite the ascendant.
b. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac setting below the western horizon at the time of a birth or of an event.
c. the cusp of the seventh house.

–adjective 5. descending; descendent.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME descendaunt (adj.) < OF descendant, prp. of descendre. See descend, -ant]

Answer 5

Have you tried a dictionary?

Anyway, a descendant is a person descended from another. For example, a child or a grandchild is a descendant. A sister or nephew wouldn't be a descendant.