ascendant

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I - noun

1. position or state of being dominant or in control
- that idea was in the ascendant
• Syn:
ascendent
• Hypernyms:
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• Syn:
ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root
• Ant:
descendant (for: ancestor)
• Derivationally related forms:
antecedent (for: antecedent), ancestral (for: ancestor)
• Hypernyms:
relative, relation
• Hyponyms:
ancestress, forebear, forbear, forefather, father,
sire, foremother, progenitor, primogenitor

II - adjective

1. tending or directed upward
- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
• Syn:
ascendent, ascensive
• Similar to:
ascending
• Derivationally related forms:
ascend (for: ascensive), ascend (for: ascendent), ascend
2. most powerful or important or influential
- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
• Syn:
ascendent, dominating
• Similar to:
dominant
• Derivationally related forms:
ascendency (for: ascendent), ascendence (for: ascendent), ascendancy, ascendance

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ascendent, dominating, ascensive, ancestor, antecedent, root
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  descendant, descendent