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ascending

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As an adjective, ascending means rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. As a noun, it means an ascent.

Meanings of ascending

6 meanings

verb

Present participle and gerund of ascend

adjective

  1. of a sequenceRising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees.

    “Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.”

  2. computingThat causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.

    “We used an ascending sort.”

  3. Sloping or leading upwards.

  4. Moving or going or growing upward

    “the ascending plane”

    “the ascending staircase”

    “the ascending stems of chickweed”

noun

  1. An ascent.

    “continual ascendings and descendings”

  2. The act of changing location in an upward direction

    Similar: rise, ascent, ascension

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the act of changing location in an upward direction
riseascentascension
Oppositesdescending

Words that rhyme with ascending

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