ascending
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ascending
- present participle and gerund of ascend
Adjective edit
ascending (not comparable) (attributive)
- Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (of a sequence)
- Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
- Leading or sloping upwards.
- Synonym: (biology, physiology) ascendant
Antonyms edit
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Translations edit
rising, increasing
computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order
sloping or leading upwards
Noun edit
ascending (plural ascendings)
- An ascent.
- continual ascendings and descendings
References edit
- “ascending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ascending”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.