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- Dictionaryascending/əˈsɛndɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. increasing in size or importance: "incomes ranked in ascending order of size"
- 2. sloping or leading upwards: "a gently ascending forest path"
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ASCENDING definition: 1. increasing in size or value: 2. moving upwards or to higher levels, often used to refer to…. Learn more.
1. a. : rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. ascending powers of x. an ascending scale. b. : mounting or sloping upward. an ascending path. 2. : rising upward usually from a more or less flat base or point of attachment. the ascending stems of chickweed. Examples of ascending in a Sentence.
Ascending definition: moving upward; rising.. See examples of ASCENDING used in a sentence.
If something is ascending, it's rising or moving up. At a hot air balloon race, you'll see dozens of ascending balloons. An ascending road appears to rise in front of you as it curves up over a hill, and an ascending bird flies up into the sky.
ASCEND definition: 1. to move up or climb something: 2. to rise to a position of higher rank: 3. to move up or climb…. Learn more.
If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
Define ascending. ascending synonyms, ascending pronunciation, ascending translation, English dictionary definition of ascending. adj. 1. Moving, going, or growing upward: an ascending minor scale. 2. Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree: an ascending order of...
Ascending Definition. ə-sĕndĭng. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Moving, going, or growing upward. An ascending minor scale. American Heritage. That ascends. Webster's New World. Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree. An ascending order of difficulty. American Heritage.
to rise; to go up; to climb up. The path started to ascend more steeply. The air became colder as we ascended. The results, ranked in ascending order (= from the lowest to the highest) are as follows: Practise your scales ascending and descending. The road ascends steeply from the harbour. ascend from something Mist ascended from the valley.
Ascend definition: to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise. See examples of ASCEND used in a sentence.
