ascendent

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

  1. Adjective:

    • Most powerful, important, or influential: Being in a position of dominance, control, or rising superiority.
    • Tending or directed upward: Moving or positioned in an upward direction.

  2. Noun:

    • Ancestor: Someone from whom you are descended, typically more remote than a grandparent.
    • A position or state of being dominant or in control: A condition of having superior influence or power.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The ascendant political party won a decisive majority in the election.
    • With its new technology, the company is now the ascendent force in the industry.
    • The climber followed the ascendent path up the mountain face.

  • Noun:

    • He could trace his lineage back to an ascendent who arrived on the Mayflower.
    • After the successful product launch, the CEO's authority was in the ascendent.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be in the ascendant": To be in a position of increasing power, influence, or popularity.
    • The movement for social reform was clearly in the ascendant.
  • Astrological Context: Refers to the sign of the zodiac that is rising on the eastern horizon at a specific moment (often used in the form "ascendant").
    • Her ascendant is in Leo, which influences her outward personality.
Variants and Related Words
  • Ascendant (adj/n): The more common spelling variant; has identical meanings.
  • Ascend (v): To move, climb, or go upward.
    • The path ascends to the summit.
  • Ascendancy (n): A position of power, dominance, or controlling influence.
    • The nation sought economic ascendancy in the region.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Dominant, prevailing, rising, superior, influential.
  • Noun: Forebear, progenitor, predecessor; dominance, supremacy.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Descendant, declining, subordinate, waning.
  • Noun: Descendant, successor; subordination.
Related Phrases
  • Gain the ascendant: To achieve a position of dominance.
    • Through innovation, the startup gained the ascendant over its older competitors.
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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