adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ascent. attributive

   "continual ascendings and descendings"

2. 2
   the act of changing location in an upward direction wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of ascend form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) attributive, not-comparable

   "Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order."

2. 2
   Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence); That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order. attributive, not-comparable

   "We used an ascending sort."

3. 3
   Leading or sloping upwards. attributive, not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   moving or going or growing upward wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acclivitousscandentupwardacclinateadvanceaerial

Antonyms

All antonyms

descendantdescending

Example

More examples

"A balloon is ascending into the sky."

Etymology

From ascend + -ing.

Related phrases

ascending cervical arteryascending chain conditionascending colonascending nodeascending palatine arteryascending pharyngeal artery

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