Converse of object

• trace: I have not been able, through the deficiency of records, to trace the descent of these manors satisfactorily.

• begin: Then the vehicle begins the descent, you feel yourself slipping downwards, falling into the abyss.

• commence: By 17 miles the die was cast and a far from bashful Basher commenced the long descent toward the finish line.

• claim: In a 1990 demographic consensus, 3 % of surveyed citizens claimed descent from Dutch settlers.

Adjective modifier

• steep: Many rock marks used by anglers involve a steep descent down cliffs on tracks more suited to mountain goats.

• lineal: Their character is due to their lineal descent from Graunt's Observations upon the Bills of Mortality of London.

• gradual: The final 2 Kilometers of the section are a gradual descent into Galashiels, the major commercial center of the Border region.

• african-caribbean: A study conducted in London schools in 1995 found that eczema was twice as common in children of African-Caribbean descent than in white children.

• African: All of the studies were in patients of black African descent.

• Caribbean: It is, therefore, entirely permissible for an African-Caribbean community organization to restrict its membership solely to those of African Caribbean descent.

Preposition: into

• madness: You see this whole kind of descent into madness.

• hell: Their famous descent into hell is relieved by passages of startling humor.

• anarchy: As it begins to career out of control, the passengers begin a descent into psychological anarchy.

Modifies a noun

• gully: Across the descent gully is a large undercut block with an obvious hole in its front face.

Noun used with modifier

• torchlight: The highlight of the week is the torchlight descent.

• canoe: Two Center Adventure This adventure combines Med watersports with Ardeche canoe descent More about this course Where is this course available?

• Viking: Even today the indigenous folk express their independent spirit by claiming direct Viking descent.

Preposition: of

• manor: I have not been able, through the deficiency of records, to trace the descent of these manors satisfactorily.

Preposition: from

• ancestor: The clans themselves have an equally shadowy history and claim descent from legendary ancestors with whom their connection is based simply on oral tradition.

Preposition: with

• modification: Like the heliocentric hypothesis of Copernicus, the hypothesis of descent with modification has long held the status of a scientific fact.