| 单词 | ascendent |
| 释义 | ascendent (once / 2813 pages) 1adj 2adjn 3n WORD FAMILY ascendent: ascendence, ascendency, ascendently, ascendents+/ascend: ascendable, ascendant, ascended, ascendent, ascender, ascending, ascends, ascension, ascensive/ascendancy: ascendancies/ascendant: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendants/ascendency: ascendencies/ascender: ascenders/ascending: ascendingly, ascendings/ascension: ascensional, ascensions/ascensive: ascensively USAGE EXAMPLESThe suburbs were ascendent, and cities, to survive, were trying to copy them. Washington Post(Sep 30, 2016) The Hawaii Tourism Authority said Thursday it’s awarding a one-year $200,000 contract to Ascendent Sports Group. Washington Times(Aug 04, 2016) As the label was ascendent, Snoop was charged with murder. Los Angeles Times(Jan 30, 2015) 1 adj tending or directed upward 2Syn ascendant, ascensive ascending moving or going or growing upward 1adj most powerful or important or influential Syn ascendant, dominating dominant exercising influence or control 2n position or state of being dominant or in control 3Syn|Hyper ascendant ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance the state that exists when one person or group has power over another n someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root descendant, descendent a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race Abraham the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Benjamin(Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel Isaac(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau Ishmael(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes Issachar(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel Joseph(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt Judah(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah Methuselah(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years Noahthe Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis Reuben(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel Blessed Virginthe mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics Naomithe mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament ancestress a woman ancestor forbear, forebeara person from whom you are descended father, forefather, sirethe founder of a family foremothera woman ancestor primogenitor, progenitoran ancestor in the direct line genitora natural father or mother grandparenta parent of your father or mother great grandparenta parent of your grandparent patriarchany of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage |
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