noun
1. position or state of being dominant or in control
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that idea was in the ascendant
• Syn: ↑ascendant
• Hypernyms: ↑dominance, ↑ascendance, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendancy, ↑ascendency, ↑control
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• Syn: ↑ancestor, ↑ascendant, ↑antecedent, ↑root
• Ant: ↑descendant (for: ↑ancestor)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑antecedent (for: ↑antecedent), ↑ancestral (for: ↑ancestor)
• Hyponyms:
↑ancestress, ↑forebear, ↑forbear, ↑forefather, ↑father, ↑sire, ↑foremother, ↑progenitor, ↑primogenitor
adjective
1. tending or directed upward
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"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
• Similar to: ↑ascending
2. most powerful or important or influential
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the economically ascendant class
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D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
• Syn: ↑ascendant, ↑dominating
• Similar to: ↑dominant
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascendency, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendant (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendancy (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendance (for: ↑ascendant)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.