ascending Definition

ascend
verb, tr & intr ascended, ascending

1. To climb, go or rise up.

Example: The Moon ascended the night sky
Thesaurus: rise, go up, fly up, soar, take off, climb, mount, move up.
intr
2. To slope upwards.

Example: The path ascended steeply
Thesaurus: rise, go up, climb, mount, slope upwards.
intr
3. To rise to a higher point, level, degree, etc.

Example: ascended to the position of chairman

Idiom: ascend the throne

To become king or queen.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin ascendere to climb up.

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ascending
adj

1. Rising; moving upwards.
2. From the lowest to the highest, the least to the greatest, or the worst to the best

Example: in ascending order.