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ASCENDENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms:
ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ascendent" is a kind of...):
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascendent"):
ancestress (a woman ancestor)
forbear; forebear (a person from whom you are descended)
father; forefather; sire (the founder of a family)
foremother (a woman ancestor)
primogenitor; progenitor (an ancestor in the direct line)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Position or state of being dominant or in control
Example:
that idea was in the ascendant
Synonyms:
ascendant; ascendent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ascendent" is a kind of...):
ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most powerful or important or influential
Example:
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
Synonyms:
ascendant; ascendent; dominating
Classified under:
Similar:
dominant (exercising influence or control)
Derivation:
ascendence; ascendency (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending or directed upward
Example:
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage
Synonyms:
ascendant; ascendent; ascensive
Classified under:
Similar:
ascending (moving or going or growing upward)
Derivation:
ascend (come up, of celestial bodies)
ascend (slope upwards)
