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ascendant
adjective
noun
most powerful or important or influential
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- SCENDAN
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
əˈsɛndənt
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
most powerful or important or influential
“the economically ascendant class”
adjective
tending or directed upward
“{'source': 'John Ruskin', 'text': 'rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage'}”
noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
“that idea was in the ascendant”
In context
Example Sentences
the economically ascendant class
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
{'source': 'John Ruskin', 'text': 'rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage'}
that idea was in the ascendant
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