ascender

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

to ascend + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)

1. (typography) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline of a typeface.
2. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope

Coordinate terms

• descender

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendant
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending

Translations

typography

• Irish: éiritheach (ga) m

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• French: hampe, ascendante

Anagrams

• reascend

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Interlingua

Verb

ascender

1. to ascend, go up

Conjugation

Conjugation of “ascender”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		ascender
		Present	Perfect
Participles		ascendente	ascendite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	ascende	ha ascendite
	Past	ascendeva	habeva ascendite
	Future	ascendera	habera ascendite
	Conditional	ascenderea	haberea ascendite
	Imperative	ascende	--
Passive voice	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	--

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Spanish

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

    Conjugation of ascender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

infinitive			ascender
gerund			ascendiendo
past participle			ascendido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	asciendo	asciendes	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	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	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
	future	ascendiere	ascendieres	ascendiere	ascendiéremos	ascendiereis	ascendieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		asciende	ascienda	ascendamos	ascended	asciendan
	negative		no asciendas	no ascienda	no ascendamos	no ascendáis	no asciendan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)