 ascendant |
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| 1. | [ noun ] position or state of being dominant or in control | |
| Synonyms: | ascendent | |
| Examples: | : "that idea was in the ascendant" |
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| Related terms: | dominance | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] most powerful or important or influential | |
| Synonyms: | dominating ascendent | |
| Examples: | "the economically ascendant class" "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" |
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| Related terms: | dominant | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] tending or directed upward | |
| Synonyms: | ascensive ascendent | |
| Examples: | "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin |
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| Related terms: | ascending | |
| 4. | [ noun ] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) | |
| Synonyms: | ancestor antecedent root ascendent | |
| Related terms: | descendant relative forefather foremother progenitor forebear ancestress | |
| Similar spelling: |
ascent ascend ascendent ascendancy ascendance assent ascendable ascender askant asyndetic ascending Ashanti assenting ascendible ascendency ascendence asunder assentient |
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