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Meaning of 'ascendant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ascendant [ a.]
- Alt. of Ascendent
2 . Ascendant [ n.]
- Ascent; height; elevation.
- The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
- Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
- An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.

Meaning of 'ascendant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ascendant [ n]
Meaning (1):
- position or state of being dominant or in control
Example in sentence:
  • that idea was in the ascendant
2 . ascendant [ s]
Meaning (2):
- most powerful or important or influential
Example in sentence:
  • D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe;
  • the economically ascendant class
Meaning (3):
- tending or directed upward
Example in sentence:
  • rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage

Nearby Words:

ascarid ascarides ascend ascendable ascendance ascendancy ascended ascendency ascendent ascendible

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