Word: ascendings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
scen
dings
Definition: Plural of ascending; go along towards (a river's) source
Morphemes:
Affix: ascend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To go up; go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.