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Added 9 October 2026

ascending

/əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ verb

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present participle and gerund of ascend

adjective

Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees.
Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.
That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
We used an ascending sort.
Leading or sloping upwards.

noun

An ascent.
continual ascendings and descendings

Origin

From ascend + -ing.

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