Descendant - English meaning

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

Usage examples:

Tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya

verb

(of a tree or other plant) produce fruit.

Usage examples:

The trees fruit very early

noun

An edible and usually sweet product of a plant or tree that contains seeds or a pit (= large hard seed)

Usage examples:

[ c ] we eat a lot of fruits and vegetables at our house., [ u ] i usually eat a piece of fresh fru…

noun

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

His eldest son and heir

noun

A person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies

Usage examples:

Heir to the guest of honour was the romanov heir to the throne of all russia., son and heir despite…

noun

Someone who now has responsibility for dealing with a problem or situation that existed or was created earlier

Usage examples:

Heir to the french finance minister is heir to a tradition of central control that goes back to lou…

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

noun

A side shoot or branch on a plant.

Usage examples:

Pistia stratiotes l. is a free-floating aquatic angiosperm that can reproduce rapidly by vegetative…

noun

A person's child or children.

Usage examples:

The offspring of middle-class parents

noun

The young of an animal, or a person’s children

Usage examples:

Champion horses have numerous offspring.

noun

All future generations of people.

Usage examples:

The victims' names are recorded for posterity

noun

A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

Usage examples:

Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

noun

The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

noun

A person or thing that succeeds another.

Usage examples:

Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the german romantic school

noun

Someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another

Usage examples:

The company will announce the appointment of a successor to its retiring chairman at the next board…

noun

Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

Usage examples:

Successor to sb/sth she has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive., network rail…