ascendant

or as·cend·ent

[ uh-sen-duh nt ]
/ əˈsɛn dənt /
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noun

a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
an ancestor; forebear.
Astrology. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house.

adjective

ascending; rising.
superior; predominant.
Botany. directed or curved upward.

Origin of ascendant

1350–1400; Middle English ascendent < Latin ascendent- (stem of ascendēns) climbing up. See ascend, -ent, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM ascendant

Words nearby ascendant

ascaridole, ascaris, ascaris lumbricoides, ascend, ascendancy, ascendant, ascender, ascendeur, ascending, ascending artery, ascending colon

Words related to ascendant

predominant, superior, dominant, ascendent, antecedent, forefather, parent, predecessor, progenitor, father, mother, forbear, foremother, commanding, controlling, prevailing, supreme, predominating, surpassing

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British Dictionary definitions for ascendant

ascendant

ascendent

/ (əˈsɛndənt) /

adjective

proceeding upwards; rising
dominant, superior, or influential
botany another term for ascending

noun