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[ uh -sen -duh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈsɛn dənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
an ancestor; forebear.
Astrology . the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house.
adjective ascending; rising.
superior; predominant.
Botany . directed or curved upward.
Origin of ascendant 1350–1400; Middle English ascendent <Latin ascendent- (stem of ascendēns ) climbing up. See ascend, -ent, -ant
OTHER WORDS FROM ascendant non·as·cend·ant, adjective non·as·cend·ant·ly, adverb non·as·cend·ent, adjective non·as·cend·ent·ly, adverb
un·as·cend·ant, adjective un·as·cend·ent, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for ascendant The ascendant media that looked down on him has been pretty much destroyed.
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Stressed as it may be, the Coalition of the Ascendant is not disappearing.
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Just last year, it seemed as if Hamas—with the Brotherhood dominating Egyptian electoral politics—might be ascendant .
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Specifically, Palin is aiming to channel the ascendant libertarian elements of the Grand Old Party.
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The Montfort star was still in the ascendant , and even the hereditary dominions of Joan of Penthièvre were assailed.
The History of England | T.F. Tout
Whether or not this explanation be true, there was no doubt about my luck being in the ascendant .
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He carefully watched for a favourable star in the ascendant . '
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But the day brought us better fortune; our lucky star was once more in the ascendant .
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Fomalhaut and Rigel, in either the ascendant or mid-heaven, give fame after death.
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British Dictionary definitions for ascendant adjective proceeding upwards; rising
dominant, superior, or influential
botany another term for ascending
noun rare an ancestor
a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
astrology (sometimes capital) a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis the sign of the zodiac containing this point in the ascendant increasing in influence, prosperity, etc
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