ascendancy

Definitions

a- (up) + scend (climb) + -ancy (state of) = the state of having climbed up over others. Ascendancy is the abstract, social version of ascend: not climbing a hill but climbing above rivals into a position of dominance and control.

Common Collocations

• 1.gain ascendancy取得支配地位
• 2.rise to ascendancy崛起占据优势
• 3.political ascendancy政治优势
• 4.economic ascendancy经济优势
• 5.establish ascendancy over确立对…的支配

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The party gained ascendancy after the election.

• 2.

  By the 1990s, the company had achieved economic ascendancy.

• 3.

  Their military ascendancy in the region lasted decades.