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English
Etymology
ascend + -er
Pronunciation
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 , 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN: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.”
- (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
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Interlingua
Verb
ascender
- to ascend, go up
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ascendere.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, /ɐ.sẽˈdeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈde.ɾi/, /ɐ.sẽˈde.ɾi/
Verb
ascender (first-person singular present ascendo, first-person singular preterite ascendi, past participle ascendido)
- (intransitive) to ascend; to rise
- Synonyms: subir, alçar
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascendere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /asθenˈdeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asenˈdeɾ/
- 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
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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive ascender
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dative
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ascenderme
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ascenderte
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ascenderle, ascenderse
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ascendernos
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ascenderos
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ascenderles, ascenderse
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accusative
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ascenderme
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ascenderte
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ascenderlo, ascenderla, ascenderse
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ascendernos
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ascenderos
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ascenderlos, ascenderlas, ascenderse
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with gerund ascendiendo
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dative
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ascendiéndome
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ascendiéndote
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ascendiéndole, ascendiéndose
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ascendiéndonos
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ascendiéndoos
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ascendiéndoles, ascendiéndose
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accusative
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ascendiéndome
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ascendiéndote
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ascendiéndolo, ascendiéndola, ascendiéndose
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ascendiéndonos
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ascendiéndoos
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ascendiéndolos, ascendiéndolas, ascendiéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative asciende
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dative
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asciéndeme
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asciéndete
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asciéndele
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asciéndenos
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not used
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asciéndeles
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accusative
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asciéndeme
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asciéndete
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asciéndelo, asciéndela
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asciéndenos
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not used
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asciéndelos, asciéndelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative ascendé
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dative
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ascendeme
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ascendete
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ascendele
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ascendenos
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not used
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ascendeles
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accusative
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ascendeme
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ascendete
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ascendelo, ascendela
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ascendenos
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not used
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ascendelos, ascendelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative ascienda
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dative
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asciéndame
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not used
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asciéndale, asciéndase
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asciéndanos
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not used
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asciéndales
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accusative
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asciéndame
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not used
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asciéndalo, asciéndala, asciéndase
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asciéndanos
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not used
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asciéndalos, asciéndalas
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with first-person plural imperative ascendamos
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dative
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not used
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ascendámoste
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ascendámosle
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ascendámonos
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ascendámoos
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ascendámosles
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accusative
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not used
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ascendámoste
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ascendámoslo, ascendámosla
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ascendámonos
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ascendámoos
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ascendámoslos, ascendámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative ascended
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dative
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ascendedme
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not used
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ascendedle
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ascendednos
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ascendeos
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ascendedles
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accusative
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ascendedme
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not used
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ascendedlo, ascendedla
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ascendednos
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ascendeos
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ascendedlos, ascendedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative asciendan
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dative
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asciéndanme
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not used
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asciéndanle
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asciéndannos
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not used
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asciéndanles, asciéndanse
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accusative
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asciéndanme
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not used
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asciéndanlo, asciéndanla
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asciéndannos
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not used
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asciéndanlos, asciéndanlas, asciéndanse
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