as·cen·dance

also as·cen·dence (ə-sĕn′dəns)

Ascendancy.

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Noun

ascendance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control

condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

ascendant, ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"

supremacy, domination, mastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"

predominance, predomination, prepotency - the state of being predominant over others

dominion, rule - dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

regulation - the state of being controlled or governed

absolutism, despotism, tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violence

monopoly - exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

ascendance

noun

The condition or fact of being dominant:

ascendancy, dominance, domination, paramountcy, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotency, supremacy.

Translations

autorité commandement gouvernement règne tenue

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Over nobody had he such complete ascendance as Mrs Quilp herself--a pretty little, mild-spoken, blue-eyed woman, who having allied herself in wedlock to the dwarf in one of those strange infatuations of which examples are by no means scarce, performed a sound practical penance for her folly, every day of her life.

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A crowd of anti-Johnson demonstrators made their feelings clear with banners and posters declaring that Johnson is "Not our Prime Minister" and calling for a general election, Johnson has made his anti-Liverpool sentiments clear over the years of his ascendance to power, and there will be few in the city sharing in the Queen's enthusiasm to greet him yesterday.

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For Japan, Naruhito's ascendance means the beginning of a new era and one month before the succession, the government announced that the era would be called 'Reiwa.' The word consists of two Japanese kanji characters - 'rei' means 'order,' 'command' or 'good' while 'wa' means 'harmony.'

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'The by-election will effectively be a mini referendum on his ascendance to premiership.' The ST quoted political analyst Wong Chin Huat as saying.

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Netflix (NFLX) is continuing its ascendance "to the top of living room in the U.S" especially in the valued18-34 year old demographic, says Forbes.

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Regarding ascendance of her brothers Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, Maryam said that their ascendance cannot be used against her, as both of them are sui juris (independent) and fully answerable for their own acts.

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"It was a strange task to write about these artists formally," confesses Madeline Sayet, a writer and director who contributed a story about the heartening ascendance of fellow Native American artists DeLanna Studi, Larissa FastHorse, and Mary Kathryn Nagle (p.

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US-based biospecimens and related services provider BioIVT has acquired Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc., expanding its drug safety testing and toxicology portfolios, the company said.

Deal snapshot: BIOVT ACQUIRES ASCENDANCE BIOTECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING ITS DRUG SAFETY TESTING AND TOXICOLOGY PORTFOLIO