ascending

/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

adj 3noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

abrupt, advanced, artificial, short, used

VERB + ASCENDING

heard, rugged

ASCENDING + NOUN

crescendo, intelligence, sky

PREP.

in, into, on, with, with

ADV.

maybe

Definitions

adj

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)

Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.

Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)

We used an ascending sort.

Leading or sloping upwards.

noun

An ascent.

continual ascendings and descendings

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of changing location in an upward direction

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.

Wiktionary

Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.

Wiktionary

We used an ascending sort.

Wiktionary

continual ascendings and descendings

Wiktionary

A balloon is ascending into the sky.

Tatoeba · #18271

Sort the numbers in ascending order.

Tatoeba · #5733722

Usage Notes

Your note

not saved

0 chars