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ascendant

or ²¹²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»å·±ð²Ô³Ù

[ uh-sen-duhnt ]

noun

  1. a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence:

    With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.

  2. an ancestor; forebear.
  3. 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

  1. ascending; ascending; rising.
  2. superior; predominant.
  3. Botany. directed or curved upward.

ascendant

/ əˈ²õÉ›²Ô»åÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. proceeding upwards; rising
  2. dominant, superior, or influential
  3. botany another term for ascending
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    an ancestor
  2. a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
  3. astrology sometimes capital
    1. a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
    2. the sign of the zodiac containing this point
  4. in the ascendant
    increasing in influence, prosperity, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åa²Ô³Ù adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åa²Ô³Ù·ly adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åIJԳ٠adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åIJԳÙ·ly adverb
  • ³Ü²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åa²Ô³Ù adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa²õ·³¦±ð²Ô»åIJԳ٠adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ascendant1

1350–1400; Middle English ascendent < Latin ascendent- (stem of ²¹²õ³¦±ð²Ô»åŧ²Ô²õ ) climbing up. See ascend, -ent, -ant
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