Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascending

/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: as-cend-ing
IPA: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ascend

adj

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)

adj

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)

adj

Leading or sloping upwards.

noun

Example Sentences

"Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order."
"Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient."
"We used an ascending sort."
"continual ascendings and descendings"

Etymology

From ascend + -ing.

Inflected Forms

ascendings (plural)

Derived Forms

ascendingly ascendostomy parascending subascending

Phrases

ascending cervical artery ascending chain condition ascending colon ascending node ascending palatine artery ascending pharyngeal artery

Synonyms

ascendant rise ascent ascension

Antonyms

descending

Rhymes With

spending ending never-ending sending depending defending attending pretending extending pending lending bending

Questions

How do you pronounce ascending?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/.
What does ascending mean?: present participle and gerund of ascend
Where does ascending come from?: From ascend + -ing.

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