ascending
Americanadjective
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moving upward; rising.
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Botany. growing or directed upward, especially obliquely or in a curve from the base.
adjective
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moving upwards; rising
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botany sloping or curving upwards
the ascending stem of a vine
Other Word Forms
- ascendingly adverb
- subascending adjective
Etymology
Origin of ascending
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; ascend, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Was he ranking that in ascending order of importance?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
On notes circulating currently, in ascending order of value, are former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, author Jane Austen, artist JMW Turner and mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The sectors are sorted by ascending price change since Feb. 27, with the full index at the bottom.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
The horizontal rows, meanwhile, arrange the chemicals in ascending order by the number of protons in their nuclei–what is known as their atomic number.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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