Descendant
noun
A person related to a particular person or group of people from previous generations.
She is a descendant of the royal family.
Often appears as...
- direct descendant
- biological descendant
noun
Something that has evolved or developed from an earlier form or version.
The modern laptop is a direct descendant of the early personal computers.
Often appears as...
- direct descendant
- evolutionary descendant
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Coming down, or issued from an ancestor.
He's wearing a descendant family crest.
Often appears as...
- descendant line
- descendant order
noun
A person related to a particular person or group of people from previous generations.
She is a descendant of the royal family.
Often appears as...
- direct descendant
- biological descendant
noun
Something that has evolved or developed from an earlier form or version.
The modern laptop is a direct descendant of the early personal computers.
Often appears as...
- direct descendant
- evolutionary descendant
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Coming down, or issued from an ancestor.
He's wearing a descendant family crest.
Often appears as...
- descendant line
- descendant order
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Family Connection
Use 'descendant' to highlight a person's ancestors, often to show continuity or heritage.
She is the fifth-generation descendant of an illustrious poet.
Pro Tip 2/3Sense of Identity
'Descendant' can imply pride or a form of identity associated with one's forebearers.
As a descendant of immigrants, she cherishes the family's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical significance when someone is a descendant of a notable figure or event.
Descendants of the Mayflower passengers often celebrate their history.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Connection
Use 'descendant' to highlight a person's ancestors, often to show continuity or heritage.
She is the fifth-generation descendant of an illustrious poet.
Pro Tip 2/3Sense of Identity
'Descendant' can imply pride or a form of identity associated with one's forebearers.
As a descendant of immigrants, she cherishes the family's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical significance when someone is a descendant of a notable figure or event.
Descendants of the Mayflower passengers often celebrate their history.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Connection
Use 'descendant' to highlight a person's ancestors, often to show continuity or heritage.
She is the fifth-generation descendant of an illustrious poet.
Pro Tip 2/3Sense of Identity
'Descendant' can imply pride or a form of identity associated with one's forebearers.
As a descendant of immigrants, she cherishes the family's history.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical significance when someone is a descendant of a notable figure or event.
Descendants of the Mayflower passengers often celebrate their history.
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How Mendel's pea plants...
These days scientists know how you inherit characteristics from your parents. They're able to calculate probabilities of having a specific trait or getting a genetic disease according to the information from the parents and the family history. But how is this possible? To understand how traits pass from one living being to its descendants,
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The Atlantic slave...
treated as mere cargo. Women and children were kept above deck and abused by the crew, while the men were made to perform dances in order to keep them exercised and curb rebellion. What happened to those Africans who reached the New World and how the legacy of slavery still affects their descendants today
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Four billion years of...
that you share with other placental mammals, or your backbone that you share with other vertebrates, or your DNA that you share with all other life on earth. Those traits didn't pop up in humans. They were passed down from different ancestors to all their descendants, not just us.
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How to start your own...
understand that we need to save our planet for future generations because our descendants might not have anything left that makes me even more passionate to save it from destruction another way I spread the word is through animation I learned about when animator was when I
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The five major world...
a revolutionary concept in the polytheistic world of that time, they would have land and many descendants. From this promise came the land of Israel and the chosen people, but staying in that land and keeping those people together was going to be very difficult.
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Explaining the Tree of...
collapsed upon themselves creating a body with an internal cavity they were the first multi-celled organisms sponges are their direct descendants as more variations appeared the tree of life grew and became more diverse some
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The material that could...
By adding these findings to an arsenal of modern innovations, hopefully we can replicate their success— both by making long lasting structures, and ensuring our descendants can admire them thousands of years from now.
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How a few scientists...
But all of this raises the question, what are the widely held scientific beliefs of today that our descendants will find ridiculous? And as any scientist would tell you, a question is an excellent place to start.
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Dinosaurs 101 PIPE National...
And some of which evolved to become today's birds. The world has never again seen land creatures as great as the dinosaurs. But through their descendants and fossils left behind, their legacy lives on.
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How Two Rats Become...
descendants in a year so where are all these rats going to live in burrows that have to be dug out and expanded and remodel constantly which is what helps keep the rats teeth from growing too
Video examples
How Mendel's pea plants...
These days scientists know how you inherit characteristics from your parents. They're able to calculate probabilities of having a specific trait or getting a genetic disease according to the information from the parents and the family history. But how is this possible? To understand how traits pass from one living being to its descendants,
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
treated as mere cargo. Women and children were kept above deck and abused by the crew, while the men were made to perform dances in order to keep them exercised and curb rebellion. What happened to those Africans who reached the New World and how the legacy of slavery still affects their descendants today
Video examples
Four billion years of...
that you share with other placental mammals, or your backbone that you share with other vertebrates, or your DNA that you share with all other life on earth. Those traits didn't pop up in humans. They were passed down from different ancestors to all their descendants, not just us.
Video examples
How to start your own...
understand that we need to save our planet for future generations because our descendants might not have anything left that makes me even more passionate to save it from destruction another way I spread the word is through animation I learned about when animator was when I
Video examples
The five major world...
a revolutionary concept in the polytheistic world of that time, they would have land and many descendants. From this promise came the land of Israel and the chosen people, but staying in that land and keeping those people together was going to be very difficult.
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
collapsed upon themselves creating a body with an internal cavity they were the first multi-celled organisms sponges are their direct descendants as more variations appeared the tree of life grew and became more diverse some
Video examples
The material that could...
By adding these findings to an arsenal of modern innovations, hopefully we can replicate their success— both by making long lasting structures, and ensuring our descendants can admire them thousands of years from now.
Video examples
How a few scientists...
But all of this raises the question, what are the widely held scientific beliefs of today that our descendants will find ridiculous? And as any scientist would tell you, a question is an excellent place to start.
Video examples
Dinosaurs 101 PIPE National...
And some of which evolved to become today's birds. The world has never again seen land creatures as great as the dinosaurs. But through their descendants and fossils left behind, their legacy lives on.
Video examples
How Two Rats Become...
descendants in a year so where are all these rats going to live in burrows that have to be dug out and expanded and remodel constantly which is what helps keep the rats teeth from growing too
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Alice Walker
American Author
America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that long - will see.
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Ken Ham
Australian Clergyman
The Bible makes it clear that Adam's sin affected the whole universe. This means that any aliens would also be affected by Adam's sin, but because they are not Adam's descendants, they can't have salvation.
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
Children are the inheritance of the Lord to us in this life and also in eternity. Eternal life is not only to have forever our descendants from this life. It is also to have eternal increase.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
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Fantastic Negrito
American Musician
Slaves and the descendants of slaves created world pop culture. Let's keep it real and be very respectful about that.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Ntozake Shange
American Playwright
If anything is life-changing, being the descendant of a slave is.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that long - will see.
Quote examples
Ken Ham
Australian Clergyman
The Bible makes it clear that Adam's sin affected the whole universe. This means that any aliens would also be affected by Adam's sin, but because they are not Adam's descendants, they can't have salvation.
Quote examples
Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
Children are the inheritance of the Lord to us in this life and also in eternity. Eternal life is not only to have forever our descendants from this life. It is also to have eternal increase.
Quote examples
Yoko Ono
American Artist
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
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Fantastic Negrito
American Musician
Slaves and the descendants of slaves created world pop culture. Let's keep it real and be very respectful about that.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Ntozake Shange
American Playwright
If anything is life-changing, being the descendant of a slave is.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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