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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1. Edward Fine:

   The woman who gave me the wet paper towel as we descended the stairs and which I later used to breathe through; the firefighters who were ascending the stairs as we were descending; the Catholic priest who put his hand on my shoulder and prayed for us as we lay on the street being covered by dust and debris, then there was the bus driver who took us uptown… those people all come to my mind.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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 ….

5. Laurent Grandet:

   She's a massive star on the rise similar to how Truly is rising, we're ascending, and she's ascending and we thought that's a match made in heaven.