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ascendant definition

ascendant


 
  Grep  of  noun  ascendant 
  ascendant 
 
  Overview  of  noun  ascendant 
 
  The  noun  ascendant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ascendant,  ascendent  --  (position  or  state  of  being  dominant  or  in  control:  "that  idea  was  in  the  ascendant") 
  2.  ancestor,  ascendant,  ascendent,  antecedent,  root  --  (someone  from  whom  you  are  descended  (but  usually  more  remote  that  a  grandparent)) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ascendant 
 
  The  adj  ascendant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ascendant,  ascendent,  ascensive  --  (tending  or  directed  upward;  "rooted  and  ascendant  strength  like  that  of  foliage"-  John  Ruskin) 
  2.  ascendant,  ascendent,  dominating  --  (most  powerful  or  important  or  influential;  "the  economically  ascendant  class";  "D-day  is  considered  the  dominating  event  of  the  war  in  Europe") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ascendant 
 
  2  senses  of  ascendant 
 
  Sense  1 
  ascendant,  ascendent,  ascensive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ascending)  ->  descending 
 
  Sense  2 
  ascendant,  ascendent,  dominating 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dominant)  ->  subordinate,  low-level 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ascendant 
 
  2  senses  of  ascendant 
 
  Sense  1 
  ascendant,  ascendent,  ascensive 
  =>  ascending(postnominal)  (vs.  descending) 
 
  Sense  2 
  ascendant,  ascendent,  dominating 
  =>  dominant  (vs.  subordinate) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ascendant 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ascendant 
 
  ascendant  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ascendant 
  ascendant 
 
  Overview  of  noun  ascendant 
 
  The  noun  ascendant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ascendant,  ascendent  --  (position  or  state  of  being  dominant  or  in  control:  "that  idea  was  in  the  ascendant") 
  2.  ancestor,  ascendant,  ascendent,  antecedent,  root  --  (someone  from  whom  you  are  descended  (but  usually  more  remote  that  a  grandparent)) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ascendant 
 
  The  adj  ascendant  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ascendant,  ascendent,  ascensive  --  (tending  or  directed  upward;  "rooted  and  ascendant  strength  like  that  of  foliage"-  John  Ruskin) 
  2.  ascendant,  ascendent,  dominating  --  (most  powerful  or  important  or  influential;  "the  economically  ascendant  class";  "D-day  is  considered  the  dominating  event  of  the  war  in  Europe") 



ascendant definition