Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ascendency \As*cend"en*cy\, n.
Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists
when one person or group has power over another; domination;
power.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
An undisputed ascendency. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
--Watts.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion;
prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance;
ascendence.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ascendency
n 1: 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" [syn:
{dominance}, {ascendance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy},
{ascendency}, {control}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย