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[ adjective ] moving or going or growing upward

Examples

"the ascending plane" "the ascending staircase" "the ascending stems of chickweed"

Used in print

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

Facilitatory processes take_place between neocortex and hypothalamus via ascending and descending pathways .

Related terms

descending ascendant assurgent climbing up assurgent highflying acclivitous up

2
[ noun ] the act of changing location in an upward direction

Synonyms

rise ascension ascent

Related terms

motion climb soar levitation heave rise arise ascend

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Rhymes with

condescending descending sending ending unending offending attending spending unbending defending rescinding contending expending rending pending vending mending bending lending tending blending pretending impending sounding resounding commanding shedding sledding astounding corresponding abounding standing shading subsiding deciding coinciding proceeding succeeding conceding expanding notwithstanding understanding outstanding misunderstanding funding bedding upstanding longstanding freestanding heading spreading expounding confounding compounding landing banding surrounding unwinding beheading nodding demanding ceding branding seeding siding spellbinding wedding redding reading finding rounding winding pounding bounding bonding wounding binding founding confiding misreading receding unloading misleading backsliding blinding grounding grinding herding invading ding wading raiding fading lading wording exceeding welding sliding blockading speeding proceeding preceding trading braiding abiding receding dowding providing awarding according regarding grading recording forbidding pudding budding bidding shrouding shielding forwarding degrading pervading marauding foreboding railroading padding exploding encoding building impeding skateboarding scalding scolding flooding featherbedding discarding unfolding concluding overriding unyielding gilding feeding coding chiding voiding loading leading riding hiding guiding goading reading scaffolding rebuilding prodding plodding pleading moulding breeding brooding molding bleeding balding boarding eluding eroding forbidding fielding protruding yielding disregarding crowding decoding dividing clouding shareholding landholding rewarding stockholding wilding hoarding holding harding regarding gliding golding guarding folding recording eroding inbreeding intruding shipbuilding beholding rewarding withholding including

Phonetic and Homophones

AH0 S EH1 N D IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

ascend assenting ascent ascendible ascender ascendent ascendant ascendency ascendence ascendancy ascendance ascendable asunder

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