noun🔗ShareOne who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations."The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild."familyhumanhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source."This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants."familyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA later evolutionary type."Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves."biologyorganismfamilysciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA language that is descended from another."English and Scots are the descendants of Old English."languagelinguisticsfamilyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language."English "father" and German "Vater" are descendants of the same Proto-Germanic word. "languagelinguisticswordhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
