ADJECTIVE | all | ascending | moving or going or growing upward |
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NOUN | act | ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction |
Sounds | ahseh'ndihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Moving or going or growing upward. | |
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Examples |
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Narrower | acclivitous, rising, uphill | sloping upward |
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive | tending or directed upward | |
assurgent | Growing or extending upward | |
assurgent | Rising from the sea | |
highflying | Moving upward or along at a considerable height | |
scandent | Used especially of plants | |
up, upward | Extending or moving toward a higher place | |
See also | up | Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value |
Opposite | descending | coming down or downward |
Spanish | ascendente, ascendiente | |
Catalan | ascendent |
Meaning | The act of changing location in an upward direction. | |
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Synonyms | rise, ascent, ascension | |
Narrower | climb, mount | The act of climbing something |
heave, heaving | The act of lifting something with great effort | |
levitation | The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means | |
soar, zoom | The act of rising upward into the air | |
Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
Spanish | alza, ascensión, ascenso, subida | |
Catalan | ascensió, ascens, pujada |
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