ascendant

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more ascendantmost ascendant

Superlative

ascendent

1.
Moving upward; ascending, rising.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
Đồng nghĩa: superior
3.
(astrology) In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
4.
(astronomy) Rising towards the zenith.
5.
(botany, physiology) Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).
6.
(archaic, obsolete)(genealogy, archaic or obsolete) Synonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”).
Đồng nghĩa: ascending

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ascendantsascendent

1.
(also, figuratively)(astrology, also figurative) The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
2.
(broadly)Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
3.
(broadly, figuratively)Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”).
One man has the ascendant over another.
Đồng nghĩa: ascendancy
4.
(broadly)An ancestor.
5.
(broadly, obsolete)A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power.
Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.
6.
(broadly, obsolete)Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).
7.
(broadly, obsolete)Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
8.
(broadly, obsolete, rare)A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

superior ascendingascendancysignificator of life

Trái nghĩa

descendant

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ascendantlyascendanceascendancy,ascendencyreascendant ascend ascent ascendingascender

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Nguồn gốc từ

h₂édine-pro The adjective is derived from Late Middle English ascendent, borrowed from Old French ascendant, from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (ascending, rising), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up), from ad- + scandō (to ascend, climb, mount;