Antonyms for ascending
əˈsɛn dɪŋas·cend·ing

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1. rise, ascent, ascension, ascendingadjective

   the act of changing location in an upward direction

   Synonyms:
   ascent, rising, emanation, acclivity, rising slope, salary increase, ascension, boost, upgrade, climb, rise, advance, wage increase, lift, procession, hike, wage hike, raise, cost increase

2. ascending(a)adjective

   moving or going or growing upward

   "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

How to use ascending in a sentence?

1. Pilar Mazzetti:

   We are starting on a second wave [ of Covid-19 cases ]. This wave is rising. I can tell you that we've made some calculations and we are more or less right were we were in mid-April, and the figures keep ascending.

2. Winston Churchill:

   Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

3. Cameron Walker:

   And instead of having a stomach on the left, which is normal, Marie Bentley stomach was on the right, marie Bentley liver, which normally occurs predominantly on the right, was predominantly on the left. Marie Bentley spleen was on the right side instead of its normal occurrence on the left. And then the rest of Marie Bentley digestive tract, the ascending colon, was inverted as well.

4. Bill McDermott:

   We bought always assets that are best-in-class, which are ascending in value, we have never bought something that was impaired and in decline.

5. Joanne Field:

   The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

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