Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index A ascending: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: as•cend•ing Pronunciation: (u-sen'ding), [key] — adj. moving upward; rising. growing or directed upward, esp. obliquely or in a curve from the base. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: ascending (Thesaurus) ascender ascending colon ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dubitable Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language