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ascending definition
ascending |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ascend 1 of 6 senses of ascend Sense 1 ascend, go up => surface, come up rise up rise => uprise Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ascend 1 of 6 senses of ascend Sense 1 ascend, go up => surface, come up rise up rise => emerge => resurface => bubble up intumesce => well swell => uprise Entailment of verb ascend Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb ascend 6 senses of ascend Sense 1 ascend, go up => travel, go move locomote Sense 2 ascend => go back date back date from Sense 3 ascend => accede to enter upon Sense 4 ascend => follow travel along Sense 5 ascend => slope, incline, pitch Sense 6 rise, come up uprise, ascend => rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise Familiarity of verb ascend ascend used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 6) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ascend Sense 1 ascend, go up => travel, go move locomote -------------- Sense 2 ascend => go back date back date from -------------- Sense 3 ascend => accede to enter upon -------------- Sense 4 ascend => follow travel along -------------- Sense 5 ascend => slope, incline, pitch -------------- Sense 6 rise, come up uprise, ascend => rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise -------------- Grep of noun ascending ascending ascending aorta ascending artery ascending colon ascending node Overview of noun ascending The noun ascending has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rise, ascent, ascension, ascending -- (the act of changing location in an upward direction) Overview of verb ascend The verb ascend has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ascend, go up -- (travel up "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope") 2. ascend -- (go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly") 3. ascend -- (become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death") 4. ascend -- (go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware") 5. ascend -- (slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill") 6. rise, come up uprise, ascend -- (come up of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises": "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends") Overview of adj ascending The adj ascending has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) ascending -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed") Antonyms of adj ascending 1 sense of ascending Sense 1 ascending(postnominal) (vs. descending) descending(postnominal) (vs. ascending) => declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping => degressive => descendant, descendent => down(postnominal), downward(postnominal) => dropping, falling => drizzling => raining Similarity of adj ascending 1 sense of ascending Sense 1 ascending(postnominal) (vs. descending) => acclivitous, rising, uphill => ascendant, ascendent, ascensive => assurgent => assurgent => climbing(postnominal), scandent => up(postnominal), upward(postnominal) Also See-> up#1 Attributes of adj ascending Familiarity of adj ascending ascending used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj ascending ascending Overview of noun ascending The noun ascending has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rise, ascent, ascension, ascending -- (the act of changing location in an upward direction) Overview of verb ascend The verb ascend has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ascend, go up -- (travel up "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope") 2. ascend -- (go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly") 3. ascend -- (become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death") 4. ascend -- (go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware") 5. ascend -- (slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill") 6. rise, come up uprise, ascend -- (come up of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises": "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends") Overview of adj ascending The adj ascending has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) ascending -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")
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