different between ascendency vs ascender
ascendency
English
Noun
ascendency (plural ascendencies)
- Alternative spelling of ascendancy
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ascender
English
Etymology
ascend +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Noun
ascender (plural ascenders)
- A person or thing that ascends.
- (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,
- Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,
- (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
Coordinate terms
- descender
Related terms
- ascend
- ascent
- ascendant
- ascendance
- ascendancy/ascendency
- ascending
Translations
Anagrams
- reascend
Interlingua
Verb
ascender
- to ascend, go up
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.s?.?de(?)/
Verb
ascender (first-person singular present indicative ascendo, past participle ascendido)
- (intransitive) to ascend; to rise
- Synonyms: subir, alçar
Conjugation
Related terms
- ascensão
- descender
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /as?en?de?/, [as.??n??d?e?]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asen?de?/, [a.s?n??d?e?]
Verb
ascender (first-person singular present asciendo, first-person singular preterite ascendí, past participle ascendido)
- to ascend, to mount, to climb
- Antonym: descender
- (business) to advance
- (of status) to rise
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “ascender” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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