"ascending" in the noun sense

1. rise, ascent, ascension, ascending

the act of changing location in an upward direction

"ascending" in the verb sense

1. ascend, go up

travel up

"We ascended the mountain"

"go up a ladder"

"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

2. ascend

go back in order of genealogical succession

"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

3. ascend

become king or queen

"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

4. ascend, climb up

appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

"the vine climbed up the side of the house"

5. ascend

go along towards (a river's) source

"The boat ascended the Delaware"

6. ascend

slope upwards

"The path ascended to the top of the hill"

7. rise, come up, uprise, ascend

come up, of celestial bodies

"The sun also rises"

"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."

"Jupiter ascends"

8. ascend, move up, rise

move to a better position in life or to a better job

"She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"

"ascending" in the adjective sense

1. ascending

moving or going or growing upward

"the ascending plane"

"the ascending staircase"

"the ascending stems of chickweed"

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