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Meaning of ascending

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ascending

Pronunciation:/əˈsɛndɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To move upward, to fly, to soar.

    Example: He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

  2. To slope in an upward direction.

  3. To go up.

    Example: You ascend the stairs and take a right.

  4. To succeed.

    Example: She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

noun

Definitions

  1. An ascent.

    Example: continual ascendings and descendings

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is greater than or equal to the previous element.

    Example: Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.

    Antonyms:descending
  2. That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.

    Example: We used an ascending sort.

    Antonyms:descending