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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verb forms",
"English verbal nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛndɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛndɪŋ/3 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ascend",
"3": "-ing"
},
"expansion": "ascend + -ing",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ascend + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ascendings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ascending (plural ascendings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "continual ascendings and descendings",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ascent."
],
"links": [
[
"ascent",
"ascent"
]
],
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛndɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "ascending"
}
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