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. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Kirby Smart:

   Everyone’s kind of had it circled and seen it out there, we’ve really tried to work hard on getting better. That’s been the emphasis — what can we improve on? The last two weeks, we’ve been trying to be ascending. We’ve tried to get some guys back healthy. And that’s going to be the focus this week — nobody trying to do more than they should.