different between prevailing vs ascendant
prevailing
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p???ve?.l??/
- Rhymes: -e?l??
Adjective
prevailing (comparative more prevailing, superlative most prevailing)
- Predominant; of greatest force.
- Prevalent, common, widespread.
Synonyms
- (prevalent, common, widespread): pervasive, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread
Translations
Verb
prevailing
- present participle of prevail
prevailing From the web:
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- what prevailing means
- what prevailing wage means
- what prevailing mood is conveyed in arachne
- what prevailing issue is presented in the excerpt
ascendant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ascendant, from Latin ascendens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?nd?nt/
Adjective
ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant)
- Rising, moving upward.
- Surpassing or controlling.
- An ascendant spirit above him.
- 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy
- The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.
Translations
Noun
ascendant (plural ascendants)
- Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
- One man has the ascendant over another.
- 1769, William Robertson, History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V:
- Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
- An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ayliffe to this entry?)
- (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)
- Ascent; height; elevation.
- (astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
Translations
Related terms
- ascend
- ascent
- ascendance
- ascendancy/ascendency
- ascending
- ascender
Anagrams
- adnascent
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascendens, ascendentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.s??.d??/
Verb
ascendant
- present participle of ascendre
Adjective
ascendant (feminine singular ascendante, masculine plural ascendants, feminine plural ascendantes)
- ascendant
Derived terms
- compatibilité ascendante
Noun
ascendant m (plural ascendants)
- (astrology) ascendant
- supremacy, ascendancy
- (genealogy) ancestor, forefather, progenitor
Further reading
- “ascendant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
ascendant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascend?
ascendant From the web:
- what ascendant challenge is this week
- what ascendant sign means
- what ascendant signs are compatible
- what ascendant means
- what ascendant challenge am i missing
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