[
UK
/ɐsˈɛndənt/
]
[ US /əˈsɛndənt/ ]
[ US /əˈsɛndənt/ ]
NOUN
-
position or state of being dominant or in control
that idea was in the ascendant - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ADJECTIVE
-
most powerful or important or influential
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
the economically ascendant class -
tending or directed upward
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage
How To Use ascendant In A Sentence
- Pan-Islamism is a bit more a la mode, as Islam as a global political force has been in the ascendant in recent decades.
- But only one is a riot-grrrl guitar hero, turned NPR blogger, turned ascendant sketch comedian. ‘Portlandia’ star, guitarist Carrie Brownstein finds outlet for all her interests
- At my Nativity," writes Browne in Religio Medici, "my ascendant was the water signe of Scorpius, I was borne in the Planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that Leaden Planet in me. Out of Novemberland
- His seventh house contains Mars while Libra is at the Ascendant containing Uranus.
- Because of the complexity and importance of the random interests, the research about this problem is still be in the ascendant.
- that idea was in the ascendant
- Say hello to shirtsleeved, smiling Tony Blair, the leader of the ascendant Labour Party. London Swings! Again!
- However, gifts received from blood relations lineal a ascendants and lineal descendants. and those received on certain occasions like marriage etc. would continue to be totally exempt.
- Pair indifference to risk aversion did not last, and finally broke under 87.00 static area, also the short term ascendant trend line that was guiding price action in the hourly hart. FXstreet.com
- The uneasy ceasefire between an authoritative church and an ascendant political class may be at an end.