Ascendant

/ə'sendənt/ Cách viết khác : (ascendent) /ə'sendənt/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Rising in power, influence, or importance: Describes something or someone that is becoming more dominant, successful, or controlling.
    • Moving upward: Describes something that is rising or directed upwards.

  2. Noun:

    • A position of dominance or controlling influence: The state of having power or being in the ascendant.
    • An ancestor: Someone from whom one is descended, typically more remote than a grandparent.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The company's ascendant position in the market is clear.
    • An ascendant trend in public opinion began to shape policy.
  • Noun:
    • The new ideology was in the ascendant.
    • He could trace his lineage back to an ascendant who arrived centuries ago.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be in the ascendant": To be increasing in power, influence, or popularity.
    • After the successful product launch, the young CEO's star was firmly in the ascendant.
Variants and Related Words
  • Ascendancy (n): The state of being in a position of power or dominance.
    • The nation sought to maintain its economic ascendancy.
  • Ascend (v): To rise, climb, or move upward; to succeed to a position.
    • She will ascend to the throne.
Synonyms
  • Dominant: Most important, powerful, or influential.
  • Rising: Increasing in power, prominence, or amount.
  • Ancestor: A person from whom one is descended.
Antonyms
  • Descendant: A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
  • Declining: Becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing in power.
Adjective
  1. most powerful or important or influential
    • the economically ascendant class
    • D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
  2. tending or directed upward
    • rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin
Noun
  1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  2. position or state of being dominant or in control
    • that idea was in the ascendant

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