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as·cen·dant
also as·cen·dent (ə-sĕn′dənt)adj.
1. Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
2. Dominant in position or influence; superior.
n.
1. The position or state of being dominant or in control: a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.
2. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that rises in the east at the time of a person's birth or other event.
3. An ancestor.
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ascendant
(əˈsɛndənt) orascendent
adj
1. proceeding upwards; rising
2. dominant, superior, or influential
3. (Botany) botany another term for ascending
n
4. rare an ancestor
5. a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
6. (Astrology) astrology (sometimes capital)
a. a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
b. the sign of the zodiac containing this point
7. in the ascendant increasing in influence, prosperity, etc
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as•cend•ant
or as•cend•ent
(əˈsɛn dənt)n.
1. a position of dominance or controlling influence; possession of power, superiority, or preeminence.
2. an ancestor; forebear.
3. the sign of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or other event.
adj. 4. ascending.
5. superior; predominant.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin]
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| Noun | 1. | ascendant - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
| 2. |  ascendant - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)ancestress - a woman ancestor foremother - a woman ancestor primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line | |
| Adj. | 1. | ascendant - tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed" |
| 2. | ascendant - most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" |
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ascendant
ascendentadjective influential, controlling, ruling, powerful, commanding, supreme, superior, dominant, prevailing, authoritative, predominant, uppermost, pre-eminent Radical reformers are once more ascendant.
in the ascendant rising, increasing, growing, powerful, mounting, climbing, dominating, commanding, supreme, dominant, influential, prevailing, flourishing, ascending, up-and-coming, on the rise, uppermost, on the way up Geography, drama, art and English are in the ascendant.
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ascendant
adjectiveHaving preeminent significance:
A person from whom one is descended:
Archaic: predecessor.
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ascendant
, ascendentn to be in the ascendant (Astrol) → im Aszendenten stehen, aszendieren (spec); (fig) → im Aufstieg begriffen sein; his star is in the ascendant (fig) → sein Stern ist im Aufgehen
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