English

Noun

ascender ‎(plural ascenders)

1. (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,

     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.”

2. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope

Coordinate terms

• descender

Related terms

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

Translations

Anagrams

• reascend

Interlingua

Verb

ascender

1. to ascend, go up

Conjugation

Portuguese

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to ascend; to rise

Conjugation

Synonyms

• subir, alçar

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

• Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.