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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ascend|-ing}} ascend + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ascending (not comparable)
  1. Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (of a sequence) Tags: attributive, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ascending-en-adj-jpqFSLwa
  2. Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (of a sequence)
    (computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
    Tags: attributive, not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order): تَصَاعُدِيّ (taṣāʕudiyy) (Arabic), 升序 (shēngxù) (Chinese Mandarin), nouseva (Finnish), croissant [masculine] (French), ascendant [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ascending-en-adj-3b6Qy6gN Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order': 6 92 2
  3. Leading or sloping upwards. Tags: attributive, not-comparable Synonyms: ascendant Translations (sloping or leading upwards): 上升的 (shàngshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 上行的 (shàngxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), (shēng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-ascending-en-adj-0u5KV3Eb Disambiguation of 'sloping or leading upwards': 9 9 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ascending colon, ascending cervical artery, ascending node, ascending palatine artery, ascendingly Translations (rising, increasing): تَصَاعُدِيّ (taṣāʕudiyy) (Arabic), nouseva (Finnish), croissant [masculine] (French), hilkêşayî (Northern Kurdish), crescător (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'rising, increasing': 48 48 4

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ Forms: ascendings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ascend|-ing}} ascend + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} ascending (plural ascendings)
  1. An ascent.
    Sense id: en-ascending-en-noun-hxMQzC8h

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ascend|-ing}} ascend + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ascending
  1. present participle and gerund of ascend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ascend
    Sense id: en-ascending-en-verb-AYDgEYnG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 8 1 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 24 13 1 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 18 17 12 2 50

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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "continual ascendings and descendings",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ascent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ascent",
          "ascent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛndɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascending"
}

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