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Detailed Synonyms for ascendant in English

ascendant:

ascendant britannique

  1. ascendant
    ascendent; ascendant

ascendant adj, britannique

  1. ascendant
    – most powerful or important or influential 1
    ascendent; dominating; ascendant
    – most powerful or important or influential 1
    • ascendent adj, américain
    • dominating adj
      • D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe1
    • ascendant adj, britannique
      • the economically ascendant class1
  2. ascendant
    – tending or directed upward 1
    ascendent; ascensive; ascendant
    – tending or directed upward 1

ascendant [the ~] nom, britannique

  1. the ascendant
    – someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 1
    the root; the ancestor; the antecedent; the ascendent; the ascendant
    – someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 1
  2. the ascendant
    – position or state of being dominant or in control 1
    the ascendent; the ascendant
    – position or state of being dominant or in control 1
    • ascendent [the ~] nom, américain
    • ascendant [the ~] nom, britannique
      • that idea was in the ascendant1

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Related Definitions for "ascendant":

  1. most powerful or important or influential1
    • the economically ascendant class1
  2. tending or directed upward1
    • rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage1
  3. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)1
  4. position or state of being dominant or in control1
    • that idea was in the ascendant1