ascender

English

Etymology

ascend +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)

  1. (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,
      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.”
  2. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

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Translations

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Anagrams

Interlingua

Verb

ascender

  1. to ascend, go up

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.

Verb

ascender (first-person singular present indicative ascendo, past participle ascendido)

  1. (intransitive) to ascend; to rise

Conjugation

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.

Verb

ascender (first-person singular present asciendo, first-person singular preterite ascendí, past participle ascendido)

  1. to ascend, to mount, to climb
  2. (business) to advance
  3. (status) to rise

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of ascender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
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 asciendas 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
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of ascenderedit data

    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 imperative asciende
    dative asciéndeme asciéndete asciéndele asciéndenos not used asciéndeles
    accusative asciéndeme asciéndete asciéndelo, asciéndela asciéndenos not used asciéndelos, asciéndelas
    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
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