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descendants

n · noun

Form of descendant , plural of descendant.

Simple meaning

An American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega.

Pronunciation

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dihsehnduhnts

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IPA pronunciation (US)

dɪˈsɛndənts

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Word Review

Definition

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n

  1. An American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega.

  2. The debut studio album by American metalcore band Fit for a King.

  3. An American media franchise centered on a series of Disney Channel musical fantasy films.

  4. A soundtrack album by the cast of the film of the same name, released on July 31, 2015 by Walt Disney Records.

noun

  1. All of the offspring of a given progenitor

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Formality
Technical

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: An American musical fantasy television film directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega.

Used this way, descendants is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Music/performance
  • Arts writing
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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direct descendantslineal descendantsmale descendantsimmediate descendants

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • descendantnounBase word

    A person considered as descended from some ancestor.

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