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Ascendant meaning in English

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Ascendant

see synonyms of ascendant

Noun

1. ascendant, ascendent

position or state of being dominant or in control

Example Sentences:
'that idea was in the ascendant'

2. ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Adjective

3. ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

tending or directed upward

Example Sentences:
'rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage'

4. ascendant, ascendent, dominating

most powerful or important or influential

Example Sentences:
'the economically ascendant class'
'D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ascendant

see synonyms of ascendant
adjective
1. 
proceeding upwards; rising
2. 
dominant, superior, or influential
3. botany another term for ascending
noun
4. rare
an ancestor
5. 
a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
6. astrology (sometimes capital)
a. 
a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
b. 
the sign of the zodiac containing this point
7.  in the ascendant

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Ascendant

see synonyms of ascendant
adjective
1. 
rising; ascending
2. 
in control; dominant; superior
3.  [often A-]; Astrology
designating or of the ascendant (sense 7); rising
4.  Botany
ascending (sense 2)
noun
5. 
a dominating position; ascendancy
6. 
an ancestor
see also descendant
7.  [often A-]; Astrology
the sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Ascendant

see synonyms of ascendant
adj.
1. Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
2. Dominant in position or influence; superior.
n.
1. The position or state of being dominant or in control: a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.
2. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that rises in the east at the time of a person's birth or other event.
3. An ancestor.

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