ascending

English

Etymology

From ascend +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Verb

ascending

present participle and gerund of ascend

Adjective

ascending (not comparable) (attributive)

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (of a sequence)
Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
1. (computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
  We used an ascending sort.
Leading or sloping upwards.
Synonym: (biology, physiology) ascendant

Antonyms

descending

Derived terms

Translations

rising, increasing

Arabic: تَصَاعُدِيّ (taṣāʕudiyy)
Finnish: nouseva (fi)
French: croissant (fr) m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hilkêşayî
Romanian: crescător (ro)

computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order

Arabic: تَصَاعُدِيّ (taṣāʕudiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 升序 (shēngxù)
Finnish: nouseva (fi)
French: croissant (fr) m, ascendant (fr) m

sloping or leading upwards

Chinese:
Mandarin: 上升的 (zh) (shàngshēng de), 上行的 (zh) (shàngxíng de), 升 (zh) (shēng)

Noun

ascending (plural ascendings)

An ascent.
continual ascendings and descendings

References

“ascending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“ascending”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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