ascending

/əˈsɛndɪŋ/

/əˈsɛndɪŋ/

Other forms: ascendingly

If something is ascending, it's rising or moving up. At a hot air balloon race, you'll see dozens of ascending balloons.

An ascending road appears to rise in front of you as it curves up over a hill, and an ascending bird flies up into the sky. To ascend is to rise, and the adjective ascending describes a rising or growing thing. You can also use it figuratively: "She's an ascending queen, rising to the throne after the death of her father." In Latin, ascendere, "to climb up," and also "to rise" or "to reach."

Definitions of ascending

1. noun

   the act of changing location in an upward direction
   synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise

   types:

   levitation

   the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means

   heave, heaving

   the act of lifting something with great effort

   climb, mount

   the act of climbing something

   soar, zoom

   the act of rising upward into the air

   scaling

   ascent by or as if by a ladder

   clamber

   an awkward climb

   mountain climbing, mountaineering

   the activity of climbing a mountain

   rock climbing

   the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)

   type of:

   motion, move, movement

   the act of changing location from one place to another
2. adjective

   moving or going or growing upward
   “the ascending plane”

   “the ascending staircase”

   “the ascending stems of chickweed”

   synonyms:

   acclivitous, rising, uphill

   sloping upward

   ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

   tending or directed upward

   assurgent

   growing or extending upward

   assurgent

   rising from the sea

   scandent

   used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb

   highflying

   moving upward or along at a considerable height

   up, upward

   extending or moving toward a higher place

   up

   being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

   antonyms:

   descending

   coming down or downward

   declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping

   sloping down rather steeply

   degressive

   going down by steps

   descendant, descendent

   going or coming down

   down, downward

   extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

   downward-arching

   curving downward

   drizzling

   (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops

   dropping, falling

   coming down freely under the influence of gravity

   raining

   falling in drops or as if falling like rain

   down

   being or moving lower in position or less in some value