ascending en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
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Etymology
From ascend + -ing.
Meanings
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(attributive, not-comparable) Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.
1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
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(attributive, not-comparable) Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) ▸ That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
We used an ascending sort.
- (attributive, not-comparable) Leading or sloping upwards.
Antonyms
Deriveds
ascending pharyngeal artery · ascending node · parascending · ascendingly · ascending colon · ascending palatine artery · subascending · ascending cervical artery · ascending chain condition · ascendostomy
Synonyms
Translations (16)
kmr hilkêşayî (rising, increasing) · ro crescător (rising, increasing) · fi nouseva (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order) · cmn 上升的 (sloping or leading upwards) · fr croissant (rising, increasing) · cmn 升 (sloping or leading upwards) · fr ascendant (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order) · pl rosnący (rising, increasing) · fr croissant (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order) · fi nouseva (rising, increasing) · eo ascendanta (rising, increasing) · cmn 上行的 (sloping or leading upwards) · hi आरोहण (rising, increasing) · ar تَصَاعُدِيّ (rising, increasing) · cmn 升序 (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order) · ar تَصَاعُدِيّ (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order)