ASCENDANT


Meaning of ASCENDANT in English

(also as·cend·ent ) / əˈsendənt; NAmE / noun

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IDIOMS

- in the ascendant

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : via Old French from Latin ascendent- climbing up, from the verb ascendere , from ad- to + scandere to climb.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.