ascending

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ascending

/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ

Where it comes from

From ascend + -ing.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of ascend

adjective

attributive, not comparable Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
attributive, not comparable That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order. We used an ascending sort.
attributive, not comparable Leading or sloping upwards.
Similar: ascendant

Opposite: descending

noun ascendings

attributive An ascent. continual ascendings and descendings

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: upward, rise, ascensive, ascendant, rising, ascendent, ascent, ascension, up, uphill, acclivitous, climbing, scandent, assurgent, increasing, growing

adjective

Opposite: descending

Translations

Every language

adj rising, increasing

हिन्दी	आरोहण ārohaṇ
Français	croissant
Română	crescător
العربية	تَصَاعُدِيّ taṣāʕudiyy

adj computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order

中文	升序 shēngxù
Français	croissant, ascendant
العربية	تَصَاعُدِيّ taṣāʕudiyy

adj sloping or leading upwards

中文	上升的 shàngshēng de, 上行的 shàngxíng de, 升 shēng

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@misc{ascending_2026,
  title = {ascending},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ascending},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}