ascending
noun
- the act or process of ascending
- The act of non-intentional rising
adjective
- rising or increasing to higher levels
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English ascend English -ing English ascending From ascend + -ing.
- 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
Etymology: Etymology tree English ascend English -ing English ascending From ascend + -ing.
- An ascent.
“continual ascendings and descendings”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English ascend English -ing English ascending From ascend + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of ascend