Synonyms 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"

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1. List of paraphrases for "ascending":

   bottom-up, upstream, upshift, rising, escalating, asc

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How to use ascending in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Joanne Field:

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

3. Saskya Pandita:

   By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.

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. State John Kerry:

   I don’t think you heard … any scintilla, not one tiny piece, of an indication of this downward spiral, i think what you saw was ascending relationship with great clarity about the things on which we’re going to cooperate. Even as there is some disagreement about how to approach one, or two, or three issues ….