ascensive
- adjective
- /əˈsɛnsɪv/
- The plant exhibits an ascensive growth pattern as it climbs toward the sunlight.
Examples
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The smoke followed an ascensive path, curling upward into the morning sky.
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Her ascensive ambitions pushed her to continually strive for higher goals.
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The ascensive path led us to the mountain's peak.
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She felt an ascensive energy during her morning yoga.
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The plant exhibits an ascensive growth pattern as it climbs toward the sunlight.
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The smoke followed an ascensive path, curling upward into the morning sky.
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The ascensive path led us to the mountain's peak.
Synonyms
10
3.5
Going up to a higher place or level
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7.2
Moving or growing upward
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4.6
Rising from a lower to a higher point, as in a path or trend
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8.8
Moving upward like warm air
Moving upward to a higher level
Sloping upward like a steep path or hill
Antonyms
How Upward
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ascensive comes from the same root as ascend and ascent, from the Latin word ascendere, which means 'to climb' or 'go up'. That's why ascensive describes something that tends to rise or move upward.