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ascend

/ ascend /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
"go up a ladder"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
Opposites:
descend fall go down come down
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
surface come up rise up rise uprise
Derived:
rise rising ascent ascension ascending
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
slope upwards
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"
Type of:
slope incline pitch
Derived:
ascent acclivity rise raise climb
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
go along towards (a river''s) source
"The boat ascended the Delaware"
Type of:
follow travel along
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
become king or queen
"She ascended to the throne after the King''s death"
Type of:
accede enter
Derived:
dominance ascendance ascendence ascendancy ascendency
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
go back in order of genealogical succession
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
Type of:
go back date back date from
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also rises"
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"
Opposites:
set go down go under
Type of:
rise lift arise
Derived:
ascension rise rising ascent
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Domain:
astronomy uranology
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
47
Times Searched
3
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travel go move surface come up rise up rise uprise descend fall go down come down