ascendancy C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈsɛndənsi/ See IPA manual Homophones ascendency /əˈsɛndənsi/ Freq #74055 Meanings 1 noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy. Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being in the... ascendantsuperiority Word family Derived forms ascendance Related forms ascendant Etymology From ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ascendancy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈsɛndənsi/ **Frequency rank:** 74055 ## Meanings 1. The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy. ## Examples - Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide. ## Synonyms - ascendant - superiority ## Derived Forms - ascendance ## Related Forms - ascendant ## Etymology From ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown