American English
/dɪˈsɛn.dn̩t̚/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
a person, animal, or plant that comes from an earlier one in the same family line or species
Practice out louda person, animal, or plant that comes from an earlier one in the same family line or species
She is a direct descendant of the first settlers.
His descendants still live in the same town.
direct descendant · distant descendant · royal descendant · living descendant
a descendant of + a person, family, or group
someone’s descendant
a later thing that developed from an earlier product, system, or idea
This phone is a modern descendant of the first smartphones.
The new app is a direct descendant of an older computer program.
modern descendant · direct descendant
a descendant of + an earlier product, system, or idea