ascendant
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(satellite adjective) most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" |
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Synonyms: ascendent, dominating |
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(satellite adjective) tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin |
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Synonyms: ascendent, ascensive |
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(noun) position or state of being dominant or in control: "that idea was in the ascendant" |
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Synonyms: ascendent |
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Related Words: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) |
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Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent |
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Related Words: ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, relation, relative, sire |
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