ascending

[uh-sen-ding]

adjective

1. moving upward; rising.

2. Botany.,  growing or directed upward, especially obliquely or in a curve from the base.

ascending

/ əˈsɛndɪŋ /

adjective

1. moving upwards; rising

2. botany sloping or curving upwards

   the ascending stem of a vine

Other Word Forms

• ascendingly adverb
• subascending adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ascending¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; ascend, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Hesitantly, the crowd of about 150 passed the newly-installed gate on the road to the camp, before stopping and chanting at its entrance, an ascending street now littered with rubble from damaged homes.

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The weekly chart has the look of breaking above the bullish ascending triangle pivot at the round $40 number.

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Life continued as normal, with each artist’s career ascending, until the pandemic.

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They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.

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The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda.

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