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ascend
[ uh-send ]
verb (used without object)
- to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise:
The airplane ascended into the clouds.
Synonyms: soar
Antonyms: descend
- to slant upward.
- to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level:
to ascend to the presidency.
- to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.
- Music. to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.
verb (used with object)
- to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
to ascend a lookout tower;
to ascend stairs.
Antonyms: descend
- to gain or succeed to; acquire:
to ascend the throne.
ascend
/ əˈsɛnd /
verb
- to go or move up (a ladder, hill, slope, etc); mount; climb
- intr to slope or incline upwards
- intr to rise to a higher point, level, degree, etc
- to follow (a river) upstream towards its source
- to trace (a genealogy, etc) back in time
- to sing or play (a scale, arpeggio, etc) from the lower to higher notes
- ascend the throneascend the throne to become king or queen
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Other Words From
- as·cenda·ble as·cendi·ble adjective
- reas·cend verb
- unas·cenda·ble adjective
- unas·cended adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ascend1
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Example Sentences
Under Henry II, Marshal continued to ascend, as the king rewarded his service with land, a wife, and a title.
The opposite phenomenon also occurs: neglected writers who ascend to prominence only posthumously.
Then there are those who have strong vocals, but have yet to ascend to massive career success or freakish mainstream popularity.
The transformation begins even before you step foot in the town-palace and ascend its grand stairway.
His opponents are up against the bizarre logic that pushed the crack-smoking Toronto mayor to ascend and survive.
A tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
On one side loomed a huge tank, to the brink of which a rickety wooden ladder invited the explorer to ascend.
The conductor stood beside his platform, ready to ascend as Diotti appeared.
Flanked on each side by a policeman, I pass through winding corridors, and finally ascend to the private office of the Chief.
Christianity was destined to undergo a final ordeal before it should ascend the throne of the Csars.
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