ascending

Speech parts

1. ascending - Noun

2. ascending - Adjective

3. ascending - Verb

Meaning

of Ascend

Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ascension increasing rise rising climbing upward ascent upgoing Gao skyward ramus going growing moving increasingly
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Antonyms

descending down poor descent dying alter
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Hypernyms

move movement motion

Hyponyms

mount levitation climb zoom soar heave

Phrases with the word

in ascending order ascending stream ascending scapular vein ascending dosing ascending branch of left colic artery ascending tendency

Examples

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground. Confucius

Let us labor for that larger comprehension of truth, and that more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments. Horace Mann

By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top. Saskya Pandita

Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending. You think you're beginning to live for a single aim - for self-development, or the discovery of cosmic truths - when all you're really doing is to move from place to place as if devoted primarily to real estate. Margaret Caroline Anderson

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My first question [upon ascending to Heaven], believe it or not, will be, 'Did Adam and Eve have a belly button?' I don't know why, but that has bothered me for years. Kent Hovind

Close letter words and terms

ascender ascendeur ascendible ascending air mass ascending aorta ascending artery