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ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

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verb
travel up
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"We ascended the mountain" "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

Similar:

go up

Opposite:

descend

type of:
travel go locomote move
verb
come up, of celestial bodies
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"Jupiter ascends"

Similar:

come up rise uprise

type of:
uprise arise come up go up lift move up rise
verb
move to a better position in life or to a better job
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"She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"

Similar:

move up rise

type of:
change
verb
appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
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Similar:

climb up
verb
become king or queen
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"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

type of:
enter accede
verb
go along towards (a river's) source
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"The boat ascended the Delaware"

type of:
follow travel along
verb
go back in order of genealogical succession
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"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

type of:
date back go back date from
verb
slope upwards
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"The path ascended to the top of the hill"

type of:
incline slope pitch

Examples of ascend

"We ascended the mountain"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
"Jupiter ascends"
"She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
"The boat ascended the Delaware"
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"