ascendancy

English

Etymology

From ascendant +‎ -cy

Alternative forms

• ascendency

Noun

Wikipedia ascendancy (plural ascendancies)

1. The process or period of one's ascent

   This was a key moment in Caesar's ascendancy.

2. Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
   • 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, BBC:

     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.

Derived terms

• ascendance

Translations

Supremacy; superiority; dominant control

• Bulgarian: надмощие (bg) (nadmoštie), господство (bg) (gospodstvo)
• Dutch: overwicht (nl), overhand (nl)
• Finnish: valta-asema (fi)

• French: ascendant (fr)
• Romanian: superioritate (ro) f, supremație (ro) f, ascendență (ro) f
• Spanish: ascendiente (es) m, predominio (es) m

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