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ascendant

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈsɛndənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈsɛndənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə sen′dənt)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
as•cend•ant or as•cend•ent/əˈsɛndənt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Astrologya position of dominance.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. rising:an ascendant middle class.
  2. superior;
    dominant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
as•cend•ant  (ə sen′dənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  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. Astrologythe 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.

adj. 
  1. ascending;
    rising.
  2. superior;
    predominant.
  3. [Bot.]directed or curved upward.
Also, as•cend′ent. 
  • Latin ascendent- (stem of ascendēns) climbing up. See ascend, -ent, -ant
  • Middle English ascendent 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ascendant, ascendent /əˈsɛndənt/ adj
  1. proceeding upwards; rising
  2. dominant, superior, or influential
 n
  1. a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
  2. (sometimes capital)
    • a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
    • the sign of the zodiac containing this point
  3. in the ascendant ⇒ increasing in influence, prosperity, etc
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