ascender

English

Etymology

From ascend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)

  1. A person or thing that ascends.
    Coordinate term: descender
  2. (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
    Coordinate term: descender
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →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.”
  3. (typography, uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
    Coordinate term: descender
  4. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

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Verb

ascender

  1. 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/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈde.ɾi/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈde.ɾi/

  • Homophone: acender (chiefly Brazil)
  • Hyphenation: as‧cen‧der

Verb

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

  1. (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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asθenˈdeɾ/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /asenˈdeɾ/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: as‧cen‧der

Verb

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

  1. to ascend, to mount, to climb
    Antonym: descender
  2. (business) to advance
  3. (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

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