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ascenders

ascenders is the plural of ascender.

Meaning of ascender

Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)

  1. A person or thing that ascends.
  2. The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
    • 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.”2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
  3. (uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
  4. a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

Questions about ascenders

What is ascenders the plural of?
Ascenders is the plural of ascender.

Words near ascenders in the dictionary

  1. ascendencies
  2. ascendency
  3. ascendent
  4. ascendents
  5. ascender
  6. ascenders
  7. ascendest
  8. ascendeth
  9. ascendeur
  10. ascendeurs
  11. ascendible

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