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    ASCENDENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)play

    Synonyms:

    ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("ascendent" is a kind of...):

    relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascendent"):

    ancestress (a woman ancestor)

    forbear; forebear (a person from whom you are descended)

    father; forefather; sire (the founder of a family)

    foremother (a woman ancestor)

    primogenitor; progenitor (an ancestor in the direct line)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Position or state of being dominant or in controlplay

    Example:

    that idea was in the ascendant

    Synonyms:

    ascendant; ascendent

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("ascendent" is a kind of...):

    ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Most powerful or important or influentialplay

    Example:

    D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

    Synonyms:

    ascendant; ascendent; dominating

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    dominant (exercising influence or control)

    Derivation:

    ascendence; ascendency (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tending or directed upwardplay

    Example:

    rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage

    Synonyms:

    ascendant; ascendent; ascensive

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    ascending (moving or going or growing upward)

    Derivation:

    ascend (come up, of celestial bodies)

    ascend (slope upwards)

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