Meanings (ES + gloss)
ascendencia • ascendiente • influencia • predominio
The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
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.
The Tory hard right is in the ascendancy, and a fascist street movement – led by convicted fraudster Tommy Robinson – represents a growing threat.
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