A balloon is ascending into the sky.
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Ascending
//əˈsɛn.dɪŋ//
Synonyms for "ascending" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَصَاعُدِيّ adj (rising, increasing)
- تَصَاعُدِيّ adj (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 上升的 adj (sloping or leading upwards)
- 上行的 adj (sloping or leading upwards)
- 升 adj (sloping or leading upwards)
- 升序 adj (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)
Finnish
2 entries- nouseva adj (rising, increasing)
- nouseva adj (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)
French
3 entries- ascendant adj (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)
- croissant adj (rising, increasing)
- croissant adj (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)
Hindi
1 entries- आरोहण adj (rising, increasing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hilkêşayî adj (rising, increasing)
Polish
1 entries- rosnący adj (rising, increasing)
Romanian
1 entries- crescător adj (rising, increasing)
Sample sentences
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In a moment the young fellows had dismounted, fastened their horses, and were ascending the precipitous slope which led up to the object which had excited their curiosity.
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On ascending the knoll near the house, from which all the neighbouring moors were visible, they not only could see no signs of the missing favourite, but they perceived something which warned them that they were in the presence of a tragedy.
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