ascender
English
Etymology
ascend + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun
ascender (plural ascenders)
- A person or thing that ascends.
- (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
- Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”
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- (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
Coordinate terms
- descender
Related terms
- ascend
- ascendance
- ascendancy/ascendency
- ascendant
- ascending
- ascent
Translations
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Anagrams
- reascend
Interlingua
Verb
ascender
- to ascend, go up
Conjugation
Conjugation of ascender
| infinitive | ascender | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| ascendente | ascendite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | ascende | ha ascendite | |
| past | ascendeva | habeva ascendite | |
| future | ascendera | habera ascendite | |
| conditional | ascenderea | haberea ascendite | |
| imperative | ascende | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es ascendite | ha essite ascendite | |
| past | esseva ascendite | habeva essite ascendite | |
| future | essera ascendite | habera essite ascendite | |
| conditional | esserea ascendite | haberea essite ascendite | |
| imperative | sia ascendite | ||
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ascendere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [a.sẽˈde(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈde(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [a.sẽˈde(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈde(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ɐ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
- Homophone: acender (chiefly Brazil)
- Hyphenation: as‧cen‧der
Verb
ascender (first-person singular present ascendo, first-person singular preterite ascendi, past participle ascendido)
- (intransitive) to ascend; to rise
- Synonyms: subir, alçar
Conjugation
Conjugation of ascender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | ascender | |||||
| Personal | ascender | ascenderes | ascender | ascendermos | ascenderdes | ascenderem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| ascendendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | ascendido | ascendidos | ||||
| Feminine | ascendida | ascendidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | ascendo | ascendes | ascende | ascendemos | ascendeis | ascendem |
| Imperfect | ascendia | ascendias | ascendia | ascendíamos | ascendíeis | ascendiam |
| Preterite | ascendi | ascendeste | ascendeu | ascendemos | ascendestes | ascenderam |
| Pluperfect | ascendera | ascenderas | ascendera | ascendêramos | ascendêreis | ascenderam |
| Future | ascenderei | ascenderás | ascenderá | ascenderemos | ascendereis | ascenderão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| ascenderia | ascenderias | ascenderia | ascenderíamos | ascenderíeis | ascenderiam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ascenda | ascendas | ascenda | ascendamos | ascendais | ascendam |
| Imperfect | ascendesse | ascendesses | ascendesse | ascendêssemos | ascendêsseis | ascendessem |
| Future | ascender | ascenderes | ascender | ascendermos | ascenderdes | ascenderem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | ascende | ascenda | ascendamos | ascendei | ascendam | |
| Negative (não) | não ascendas | não ascenda | não ascendamos | não ascendais | não ascendam | |
Related terms
- ascensão
- descender
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /asθenˈdeɾ/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asenˈdeɾ/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: as‧cen‧der
Verb
ascender (first-person singular present asciendo, first-person singular preterite ascendí, past participle ascendido)
- to ascend, to mount, to climb
- Antonym: descender
- (business) to advance
- (of status) to rise
Conjugation
Conjugation of ascender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ascender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ascendiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ascendido | ascendida | |||||
| plural | ascendidos | ascendidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | asciendo | asciendestú ascendésvos | asciende | ascendemos | ascendéis | ascienden | |
| imperfect | ascendía | ascendías | ascendía | ascendíamos | ascendíais | ascendían | |
| preterite | ascendí | ascendiste | ascendió | ascendimos | ascendisteis | ascendieron | |
| future | ascenderé | ascenderás | ascenderá | ascenderemos | ascenderéis | ascenderán | |
| conditional | ascendería | ascenderías | ascendería | ascenderíamos | ascenderíais | ascenderían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ascienda | asciendastú ascendásvos2 | ascienda | ascendamos | ascendáis | asciendan | |
| imperfect (ra) | ascendiera | ascendieras | ascendiera | ascendiéramos | ascendierais | ascendieran | |
| imperfect (se) | ascendiese | ascendieses | ascendiese | ascendiésemos | ascendieseis | ascendiesen | |
| future1 | ascendiere | ascendieres | ascendiere | ascendiéremos | ascendiereis | ascendieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | asciendetú ascendévos | ascienda | ascendamos | ascended | asciendan | ||
| negative | no asciendas | no ascienda | no ascendamos | no ascendáis | no asciendan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of ascender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive ascender | |||||||
| dative | ascenderme | ascenderte | ascenderle, ascenderse | ascendernos | ascenderos | ascenderles, ascenderse | |
| accusative | ascenderme | ascenderte | ascenderlo, ascenderla, ascenderse | ascendernos | ascenderos | ascenderlos, ascenderlas, ascenderse | |
| with gerund ascendiendo | |||||||
| dative | ascendiéndome | ascendiéndote | ascendiéndole, ascendiéndose | ascendiéndonos | ascendiéndoos | ascendiéndoles, ascendiéndose | |
| accusative | ascendiéndome | ascendiéndote | ascendiéndolo, ascendiéndola, ascendiéndose | ascendiéndonos | ascendiéndoos | ascendiéndolos, ascendiéndolas, ascendiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative asciende | |||||||
| dative | asciéndeme | asciéndete | asciéndele | asciéndenos | not used | asciéndeles | |
| accusative | asciéndeme | asciéndete | asciéndelo, asciéndela | asciéndenos | not used | asciéndelos, asciéndelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative ascendé | |||||||
| dative | ascendeme | ascendete | ascendele | ascendenos | not used | ascendeles | |
| accusative | ascendeme | ascendete | ascendelo, ascendela | ascendenos | not used | ascendelos, ascendelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative ascienda | |||||||
| dative | asciéndame | not used | asciéndale, asciéndase | asciéndanos | not used | asciéndales | |
| accusative | asciéndame | not used | asciéndalo, asciéndala, asciéndase | asciéndanos | not used | asciéndalos, asciéndalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative ascendamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | ascendámoste | ascendámosle | ascendámonos | ascendámoos | ascendámosles | |
| accusative | not used | ascendámoste | ascendámoslo, ascendámosla | ascendámonos | ascendámoos | ascendámoslos, ascendámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative ascended | |||||||
| dative | ascendedme | not used | ascendedle | ascendednos | ascendeos | ascendedles | |
| accusative | ascendedme | not used | ascendedlo, ascendedla | ascendednos | ascendeos | ascendedlos, ascendedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative asciendan | |||||||
| dative | asciéndanme | not used | asciéndanle | asciéndannos | not used | asciéndanles, asciéndanse | |
| accusative | asciéndanme | not used | asciéndanlo, asciéndanla | asciéndannos | not used | asciéndanlos, asciéndanlas, asciéndanse | |
Related terms
- ascendente
- ascendiente
- ascensión
- ascenso
- ascensor
- descender
Further reading
- “ascender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014