ascending

Plural: ascendings

Noun

• the act of changing location in an upward direction
• An ascent.

Verb

• travel up,
• go back in order of genealogical succession
• become king or queen
• appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
• go along towards (a river's) source
• slope upwards
• come up, of celestial bodies
• move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
• present participle and gerund of ascend

Adjective

• moving or going or growing upward
  • "the ascending plane"
  • "the ascending staircase"
  • "the ascending stems of chickweed"

Adj

• Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
• Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
• That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
• Leading or sloping upwards.

Examples

• continual ascendings and descendings
• Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
• We used an ascending sort.

Synonyms

ascend, ascension, ascent, climb up, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise, ascendant

Antonyms

descend, descending, set

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