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ascendant

UK
/əˈsɛndənt/
US
/əˈsɛndənt/

Translations

ascendantnoun
ascendants
pl
UK
/əˈsɛndənt/
US
/əˈsɛndənt/
ascendantAstrologie.
Her ascendant was in Leo, which astrologers say influences her confident and charismatic personality.
Son ascendant était en Lion, ce qui, selon les astrologues, influence sa personnalité sûre d’elle et charismatique.
ascendantÉtat de domination ou d’influence croissante.
After years of political turmoil, populist movements were in the ascendant.
Après des années de troubles politiques, les mouvements populistes étaient en ascendant.
ascendantTerme de parenté : personne dont on descend.
He often spoke of his ascendants with great pride, especially his grandfather who was a war hero.
Il parlait souvent de ses ascendants avec beaucoup de fierté, surtout de son grand-père, qui était un héros de guerre.
Synonyms
prevailing
rising
dominant
influential
superior
ascendantadjective
more ascendant
Comp.
most ascendant
Super.
UK
/əˈsɛndənt/
US
/əˈsɛndənt/
ascendantQui s’élève, qui monte.
The ascendant balloon drifted higher into the sky.
Le ballon ascendant montait plus haut dans le ciel.
ascendantQui monte, qui gagne en influence ou en pouvoir.
The ascendant political party gained more seats in the recent election.
Le parti ascendant a gagné davantage de sièges lors de la dernière élection.
Additional translations
dominantPlus naturel en français dans le sens de « supérieur », « prépondérant ».
Synonyms
dominant
prevailing
superior
influential
rising
Antonyms
descendant

Definitions

ascendantnoun
A state of dominant power or influence; ascendancy.
After years of political turmoil, populist movements were in the ascendant.
An ancestor; a person from whom one is descended.
He often spoke of his ascendants with great pride, especially his grandfather who was a war hero.
The point of the ecliptic or degree of the zodiac that rises above the eastern horizon at any given moment, especially at the time of a particular event such as one's birth.
Her ascendant was in Leo, which astrologers say influences her confident and charismatic personality.
ascendantadjective
Rising in power or influence.
The ascendant political party gained more seats in the recent election.
Moving upward or ascending.
The ascendant balloon drifted higher into the sky.
Dominant or superior in position.
With their ascendant position in the market, the company set the industry standards.
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